diff --git a/4ti2-handle-prefix.patch b/4ti2-handle-prefix.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..264cc56
--- /dev/null
+++ b/4ti2-handle-prefix.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+--- a/src/groebner/script.template.in
++++ b/src/groebner/script.template.in
+@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
+ # Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA. 
+ 
+ # We locate where this script is so we can call the executables.
+-SCRIPT=`which "$0"`
++SCRIPT=$(realpath $(which "$0"))
+ DIR=`dirname "$SCRIPT"`
+ FUNCTION=`basename "$SCRIPT"`
+ 
+--- a/src/zsolve/graver.template
++++ b/src/zsolve/graver.template
+@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
+ 
+ # We locate where this script is so we can call the executable zsolve which
+ # should be in the same directory as this script.
+-SCRIPT=`which "$0"`
++SCRIPT=$(realpath $(which "$0"))
+ SCRIPTDIR=`dirname "$SCRIPT"`
+ EXECUTABLE=zsolve
+ 
+--- a/src/zsolve/hilbert.template
++++ b/src/zsolve/hilbert.template
+@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
+ 
+ # We locate where this script is so we can call the executable zsolve which
+ # should be in the same directory as this script.
+-SCRIPT=`which "$0"`
++SCRIPT=$(realpath $(which "$0"))
+ SCRIPTDIR=`dirname "$SCRIPT"`
+ EXECUTABLE=zsolve
+ 
diff --git a/4ti2.changes b/4ti2.changes
index 606dc0d..1ab5cc7 100644
--- a/4ti2.changes
+++ b/4ti2.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Jul  1 13:39:30 UTC 2021 - Alois Wohlschlager <alois1@gmx-topmail.de>
+
+- Add patch to handle the downstream 4ti2_ executable prefix in wrapper scripts
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sat Aug 24 15:47:19 UTC 2019 - Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@inai.de>
 
diff --git a/4ti2.spec b/4ti2.spec
index ea2d394..f4acb80 100644
--- a/4ti2.spec
+++ b/4ti2.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package 4ti2
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2019 SUSE LINUX GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
+# Copyright (c) 2021 SUSE LLC
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ URL:            https://4ti2.github.io/
 
 Source:         https://github.com/4ti2/4ti2/releases/download/Release_1_6_9/4ti2-1.6.9.tar.gz
 Patch1:         4ti2-docdir.diff
+# PATCH-FIX-OPENSUSE handle our downstream 4ti2_ executable prefix in the wrapper scripts
+Patch2:         4ti2-handle-prefix.patch
 BuildRequires:  autoconf >= 2.59
 BuildRequires:  automake
 BuildRequires:  gcc-c++ >= 4.3