diff --git a/disable-irml.patch b/disable-irml.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bef2472
--- /dev/null
+++ b/disable-irml.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+Index: tbb-2018_U2/python/setup.py
+===================================================================
+--- tbb-2018_U2.orig/python/setup.py
++++ tbb-2018_U2/python/setup.py
+@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ _tbb = Extension("tbb._api", ["tbb/api.i
+         extra_compile_args=compile_flags + tbb_flag,
+         extra_link_args=tbb_flag,
+         libraries   =(['tbb'] if not use_compiler_tbb else []) +
+-                     (['irml'] if platform.system() == "Linux" else []),   # TODO: why do we need this?
++                     (['irml'] if platform.system() == "xLinux" else []),   # TODO: why do we need this?
+         library_dirs=[ rundir,                                              # for custom-builds
+                        os.path.join(tbb_root, 'lib', 'intel64', 'gcc4.4'),  # for Linux
+                        os.path.join(tbb_root, 'lib'),                       # for MacOS
diff --git a/tbb.changes b/tbb.changes
index 7b392ad..811d88c 100644
--- a/tbb.changes
+++ b/tbb.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Dec 21 12:20:59 UTC 2017 - idonmez@suse.com
+
+- Add disable-irml.patch to disable linking to libirml
+- Actually update to tarball to 2018_U2 release
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sat Dec 16 15:29:08 UTC 2017 - idonmez@suse.com
 
diff --git a/tbb.spec b/tbb.spec
index 9bbc6c3..e65ccc9 100644
--- a/tbb.spec
+++ b/tbb.spec
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ Source0:        https://github.com/01org/tbb/archive/2018_U2.tar.gz
 Patch1:         optflags.patch
 # PATCH-FIX-OPENSUSE reproducible.patch -- Do not compile build hostname+kernel into binary
 Patch2:         reproducible.patch
+# PATCH-FIX-OPENSUSE disable-irml.patch -- Don't try to link to irml
+Patch3:         disable-irml.patch
 BuildRequires:  gcc-c++
 BuildRequires:  python2-devel
 BuildRequires:  python3-devel
@@ -107,6 +109,7 @@ This package contains the header files needed for development with tbb.
 %setup -q -n %{name}-%{rel_ver}
 %patch1 -p1
 %patch2 -p1
+%patch3 -p1
 
 %build
 make OPTFLAGS="%{optflags}" %{?_smp_mflags} tbb_build_prefix=obj