diff --git a/coreutils.spec b/coreutils.spec
index a61e8ba..d767f46 100644
--- a/coreutils.spec
+++ b/coreutils.spec
@@ -200,7 +200,11 @@ for type in separate single; do
              --enable-no-install-program=kill,uptime \
              --with-tty-group \
              DEFAULT_POSIX2_VERSION=200112 alternative=199209 || :
-  make all %{?_smp_mflags})
+  make all %{?_smp_mflags}
+
+  # make sure that parse-datetime.{c,y} ends up in debuginfo (#1555079)
+  ln -v ../lib/parse-datetime.{c,y} .
+  )
 done
 
 # Get the list of supported utilities
@@ -286,6 +290,7 @@ fi
 
 %changelog
 * Wed Mar 21 2018 Kamil Dudka <kdudka@redhat.com> - 8.29-5
+- make sure that parse-datetime.{c,y} ends up in debuginfo (#1555079)
 - fix build failure with glibc-2.28
 
 * Mon Feb 19 2018 Kamil Dudka <kdudka@redhat.com> - 8.29-4