diff --git a/snmp/snmp.spec b/snmp/snmp.spec
index ed02ac0a35..4ca7d571ee 100644
--- a/snmp/snmp.spec
+++ b/snmp/snmp.spec
@@ -33,10 +33,11 @@ Distribution: OpenPKG [PLUS]
 Group:        Network
 License:      BSD
 Version:      5.0.8
-Release:      20030808
+Release:      20030818
 
 #   package options
 %option       with_fsl      yes
+%option       with_perl     no
 %option       with_host_mib no
 
 #   list of sources
@@ -49,7 +50,7 @@ Patch0:       snmp.patch
 #   build information
 Prefix:       %{l_prefix}
 BuildRoot:    %{l_buildroot}
-BuildPreReq:  OpenPKG, openpkg >= 20030718
+BuildPreReq:  OpenPKG, openpkg >= 20030718, gcc
 PreReq:       OpenPKG, openpkg >= 20030718
 BuildPreReq:  openssl
 PreReq:       openssl
@@ -57,6 +58,10 @@ PreReq:       openssl
 BuildPreReq:  fsl >= 1.2.0
 PreReq:       fsl >= 1.2.0
 %endif
+%if "%{with_perl}" == "yes"
+BuildPreReq:  perl
+PreReq:       perl
+%endif
 AutoReq:      no
 AutoReqProv:  no
 
@@ -71,6 +76,9 @@ AutoReqProv:  no
     #   unpack and patch package
     %setup -q -n net-snmp-%{version}
     %patch -p0
+
+    #   adjust package for RPM support in Host MIB
+    #   (because OpenPKG RPM is a little bit different)
     %{l_shtool} subst \
         -e 's;/usr/include/rpm;%{l_prefix}/include/rpm;g' \
         -e 's;-lpopt\([^a-z]\);-lrpmpopt\1;g' \
@@ -83,6 +91,19 @@ AutoReqProv:  no
         -e 's;@OPENPKG_RPMRC@;"%{l_prefix}/etc/openpkg/rpmrc";' \
         agent/mibgroup/host/hr_swinst.c
 
+    #   adjust package for not requiring --enable-shared for --with-perl-modules
+    #   (because it technically working also with static libraries on most platforms)
+    %{l_shtool} subst \
+        -e 's/if test "x$enable_shared" != "xyes"; then/if false; then/g' \
+        configure
+
+    #   adjust package to install Perl packages into RPM_BUILD_ROOT
+    %{l_shtool} subst \
+        -e "s;perl Makefile.PL;perl Makefile.PL PERL=$perl FULLPERL=$perl PREFIX=${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}%{l_prefix} INSTALLDIRS=site;g" \
+        -e 's/cd perl ; $(MAKE))/cd perl ; $(MAKE) pure_all)/g' \
+        -e 's/cd perl ; $(MAKE) install/cd perl ; $(MAKE) pure_install/g' \
+        Makefile.in
+
 %build
     #   disable search for db library
     ( echo "ac_cv_lib_db1_dbopen=no"
@@ -92,14 +113,10 @@ AutoReqProv:  no
     ) >config.cache
 
     #   configure package
-    CC="%{l_cc}" \
-    CFLAGS="%{l_cflags -O}" \
-    CPPFLAGS="%{l_cppflags}" \
-    LDFLAGS="%{l_ldflags}" \
     ./configure \
         --cache-file=./config.cache \
         --with-cc="%{l_cc}" \
-        --with-cflags="%{l_cflags -O}" \
+        --with-cflags="%{l_cflags -O} %{l_cppflags} -fpic" \
         --with-ldflags="%{l_ldflags} %{l_fsl_ldflags}" \
         --with-libs="%{l_fsl_libs}" \
         --prefix=%{l_prefix} \
@@ -109,6 +126,10 @@ AutoReqProv:  no
         --disable-shared \
 %if "%{with_host_mib}" == "yes"
         --with-mib-modules="host" \
+%endif
+%if "%{with_perl}" == "yes"
+        --with-perl-modules \
+        --enable-embedded-perl \
 %endif
         --with-defaults