diff --git a/0003-close-clang-lto.patch b/0003-close-clang-lto.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..62803719658b6c325f0e0416090ea8cd76c7a8ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/0003-close-clang-lto.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+From d9223b1d6703cfb65e8f26353377a6e5e37f113c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: hleft <hlefthleft@gmail.com>
+Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2023 11:11:14 +0800
+Subject: [PATCH] fix clang build error: lto
+
+---
+ setup.py | 2 --
+ 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
+index 490850a..dceba6b 100644
+--- a/setup.py
++++ b/setup.py
+@@ -154,8 +154,6 @@ class BuildExtraLibraries(setuptools.command.build_ext.build_ext):
+                     else:
+                         ranlib = shutil.which('llvm-ranlib')
+         if ranlib and has_flag(self.compiler, '-flto'):
+-            for ext in self.extensions:
+-                ext.extra_compile_args.append('-flto')
+             cppflags.append('-flto')
+             ldflags.append('-flto')
+             # Needed so FreeType static library doesn't lose its LTO objects.
+-- 
+2.42.0
+
diff --git a/python-matplotlib.spec b/python-matplotlib.spec
index aae407d780d9a69a84a6814788fb425826efdccd..cf30a9a94987c95543d33d2b34cb321326976a30 100644
--- a/python-matplotlib.spec
+++ b/python-matplotlib.spec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Name:           python-matplotlib
 Version:        3.7.1
-Release:        2
+Release:        3
 Summary:        A comprehensive library for creating static, animated, and interactive visualizations
 License:        Python and MIT and OFL-1.1 and Public Domain
 URL:            https://github.com/matplotlib/matplotlib
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ Source1:        mplsetup.cfg
 Source1000:     https://github.com/QuLogic/mpl-images/archive/v3.7.1-with-freetype-2.12.1/matplotlib-3.7.1-with-freetype-2.12.1.tar.gz
 Patch0001:      0001-matplotlibrc-path-search-fix.patch
 Patch0002:      0002-Set-FreeType-version-to-2.12.1-and-update-tolerances.patch
+Patch0003:      0003-close-clang-lto.patch
 BuildRequires:  freetype-devel libpng-devel qhull-devel texlive-cm xorg-x11-server-Xvfb zlib-devel
 BuildRequires:  python3-certifi python3-pybind11 gcc-c++ python3-setuptools_scm
 
@@ -92,6 +93,9 @@ Test data for python3-matplotlib.
 %autosetup -n matplotlib-%{version} -N
 %patch0001 -p1
 %patch0002 -p1
+%if "%toolchain" == "clang"
+%patch0003 -p1
+%endif
 gzip -dc %SOURCE1000 | tar xvf - --transform='s~^mpl-images-3.7.1-with-freetype-2.12.1/\([^/]\+\)/~lib/\1/tests/baseline_images/~'
 
 # Copy setup.cfg to the builddir
@@ -147,6 +151,9 @@ mv %{buildroot}%{python3_sitearch}/matplotlib/mpl-data %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/m
 %{python3_sitearch}/matplotlib/backends/{tkagg.*,__pycache__/tkagg.*,_tkagg.*}
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Oct 31 2023 yoo <sunyuechi@iscas.ac.cn> - 3.7.1-3
+- fix clang build error: lto
+
 * Wed May 10 2023 wulei <wu_lei@hoperun.com> - 3.7.1-2
 - Fix the version cannot be detected