diff --git a/pcre/pcre.spec b/pcre/pcre.spec
index 3ff19bfe65..6b9a68b85d 100644
--- a/pcre/pcre.spec
+++ b/pcre/pcre.spec
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ Distribution: OpenPKG [BASE]
 Group:        Text
 License:      LGPL
 Version:      4.3
-Release:      20030530
+Release:      20030817
 
 #   list of sources
 Source0:      ftp://ftp.csx.cam.ac.uk/pub/software/programming/pcre/pcre-%{version}.tar.gz
@@ -51,6 +51,9 @@ AutoReqProv:  no
 
 %prep
     %setup -q
+    %{l_shtool} subst \
+        -e 's;-L. -lpcre;libpcre.la;' \
+        Makefile.in
 
 %build
     CC="%{l_cc}" \