diff --git a/mapserver.spec b/mapserver.spec
index ef28977..8bcaf06 100644
--- a/mapserver.spec
+++ b/mapserver.spec
@@ -143,6 +143,12 @@ chmod -x mapscript/php3/README.WIN32
    --without-ld-shared \
    --disable-runpath
 
+## Dirty Hack: Strip out the faulty referenced -lpgport from Makefiles in
+## order to make the linking succeed. pg_config progagates it, but it is
+## not available on suse-systems.
+## TODO: Send a patch to postgresql-packagers!
+find . -name Makefile -exec sed -i 's/ -lpgport//' {} \;
+
 ## WARNING !!!
 # using %{?_smp_mflags} may break build