diff --git a/vbox-visibility.diff b/vbox-visibility.diff
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d439155
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vbox-visibility.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+Index: VirtualBox-4.1.8_OSE/src/VBox/Main/webservice/Makefile.kmk
+===================================================================
+--- VirtualBox-4.1.8_OSE.orig/src/VBox/Main/webservice/Makefile.kmk
++++ VirtualBox-4.1.8_OSE/src/VBox/Main/webservice/Makefile.kmk
+@@ -194,7 +194,8 @@ ifdef VBOX_GSOAP_INSTALLED
+  # vboxsoap - Library used by both the programs (save build time).
+  #
+  LIBRARIES += vboxsoap
+- vboxsoap_TEMPLATE = VBOXR3EXE
++ vboxsoap_TEMPLATE = VBOXVISIBILITY
++
+  ifdef VBOX_USE_VCC80
+   vboxsoap_CXXFLAGS.win += -bigobj
+  endif
+@@ -410,7 +411,7 @@ $$(VBOX_JWSSRC_JAR): $$(VBOX_JWS_JAR) |
+  # webtest - webservice sample client in C++
+  #
+  PROGRAMS += webtest
+- webtest_TEMPLATE = VBOXR3EXE
++ webtest_TEMPLATE =  VBOXVISIBILITY
+  ifdef VBOX_USE_VCC80
+   webtest_CXXFLAGS.win += -bigobj
+  endif
+Index: VirtualBox-4.1.8_OSE/Config.kmk
+===================================================================
+--- VirtualBox-4.1.8_OSE.orig/Config.kmk
++++ VirtualBox-4.1.8_OSE/Config.kmk
+@@ -3211,6 +3211,11 @@ TEMPLATE_VBOXR3EXE_CXXFLAGS.kprofile   =
+  endif
+ endif
+ 
++#enable visibility
++TEMPLATE_VBOXVISIBILITY       		= ommit -fvisibility=hidden flag
++TEMPLATE_VBOXVISIBILITY_EXTENDS		= VBOXR3EXE
++TEMPLATE_VBOXVISIBILITY_CXXFLAGS	= $(filter-out $(VBOX_GCC_fvisibility-hidden),$(TEMPLATE_VBOXR3EXE_CXXFLAGS))
++
+ #
+ # Template for building R3 shared objects / DLLs.
+ # This is mostly identical to the VBOXR3EXE template. (Avoid PIC if possible!)
diff --git a/virtualbox.changes b/virtualbox.changes
index d746446..9d25ada 100644
--- a/virtualbox.changes
+++ b/virtualbox.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Mar 14 20:45:06 UTC 2012 - mseben@gmail.com
+
+- enabled websrv feature
+- added vbox-visibility.diff to fix websrv build (ommit -fvisibility=hidden gcc flag for gsoap related builds)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Mar  8 15:16:01 UTC 2012 - idonmez@suse.com
 
diff --git a/virtualbox.spec b/virtualbox.spec
index 298eac0..97ba95a 100644
--- a/virtualbox.spec
+++ b/virtualbox.spec
@@ -29,6 +29,12 @@ BuildRequires:  hal-devel
 %if %suse_version >= 1210
 BuildRequires:  glibc-devel-static
 %endif
+%if %suse_version > 1210
+#gsoap and java needed for building webservice
+BuildRequires:  gsoap-devel
+BuildRequires:  libgsoap-devel
+BuildRequires:  java-1_6_0-openjdk-devel
+%endif
 BuildRequires:  LibVNCServer-devel
 BuildRequires:  SDL-devel
 BuildRequires:  bin86
@@ -113,6 +119,8 @@ Patch5:         vbox-config.diff
 Patch6:         vbox-smc-napa.diff
 #fix build of Python and dev package on openSUSE 11.3
 Patch8:         vbox-python-detection.diff
+#fix build: we have to ommit gcc flag -fvisibility=hidden for soap related sources 
+Patch9:         vbox-visibility.diff
 #PATCH-FIX-OPENSUSE implement messagebox (VBoxPermissionMessage app), which is displayed, when user
 #try to start VirtualBox and is not memeber of vboxusers group
 Patch99:        vbox-permissions_warning.diff
@@ -156,6 +164,15 @@ PreReq:         permissions
 %description qt
 Qt GUI part for %{name}.
 #########################################
+%package websrv
+Summary:        WebService GUI part for %{name}
+Group:          System/Emulators/PC
+Requires:       %{name} = %{version}
+Provides:       %{name}-gui = %{version}
+
+%description websrv
+websrv GUI part for %{name}.
+#########################################
 %package host-KMP
 Summary:        Host kernel module for VirtualBox
 Group:          System/Emulators/PC
@@ -231,6 +248,7 @@ Development file for %{name}
 %patch5 -p1
 %patch6 -p1
 %patch8 -p1
+%patch9 -p1
 %patch99 -p1
 %patch100 
 %patch101
@@ -249,7 +267,8 @@ rm -rf src/libs/{libpng-*,libxml2-*,libxslt-*,zlib-*,boost-*}
 	--disable-kmods \
 	--disable-java \
 	--disable-docs \
-	--nofatal
+	--nofatal \
+	--enable-webservice
 
 # configure actually warns we should source env.sh (which seems like it could influence the build...)
 source env.sh
@@ -258,7 +277,7 @@ source env.sh
 #  	VBOX_PATH_PACKAGE_DOCS set propper path for link to pdf in .desktop file
 # 	VBOX_WITH_REGISTRATION_REQUEST= VBOX_WITH_UPDATE_REQUEST= just disable some functionality in gui
 echo "build basic parts"
-/usr/bin/kmk %{?_smp_mflags} VBOX_GCC_WERR= KBUILD_VERBOSE=2 VBOX_WITH_REGISTRATION_REQUEST= VBOX_WITH_UPDATE_REQUEST= TOOL_YASM_AS=yasm VBOX_PATH_PACKAGE_DOCS=/usr/share/doc/packages/virtualbox all
+/usr/bin/kmk %{?_smp_mflags} VBOX_JAVA_HOME=/usr/%{_lib}/jvm/java-1.6.0-openjdk-1.6.0/ VBOX_GCC_WERR= KBUILD_VERBOSE=2 VBOX_WITH_REGISTRATION_REQUEST= VBOX_WITH_UPDATE_REQUEST= TOOL_YASM_AS=yasm VBOX_PATH_PACKAGE_DOCS=/usr/share/doc/packages/virtualbox all
 #
 # build kernel modules for guest and host (check novel-kmp package as example)
 # host  modules : vboxdrv,vboxnetflt,vboxnetadp
@@ -447,11 +466,7 @@ pushd out/linux.*/release/bin
 %__install -m 644 nls/*  		%{buildroot}%{_datadir}/virtualbox/nls/
 popd
 
-# the build process tells us the desktop file is missing a semicolon...(repackage?)
-#%__sed 's/^MimeType.*[^;]$/&;/' out/linux.*/release/bin/virtualbox.desktop > %{_tmppath}/virtualbox.desktop
-#%__sed 's/Icon=VBox/Icon=VBox.png/' out/linux.*/release/bin/virtualbox.desktop > %{_tmppath}/virtualbox.desktop
 # install desktop file
-#%__install -m 644 %{_tmppath}/virtualbox.desktop %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/applications/%{name}.desktop
 %__install -m 644 out/linux.*/release/bin/virtualbox.desktop %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/applications/%{name}.desktop
 %suse_update_desktop_file %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/applications/%{name}.desktop 'System Emulator'
 
@@ -503,6 +518,21 @@ popd
 
 %__cp out/linux.*/release/bin/sdk/bindings/VirtualBox.xidl %{buildroot}%{_vbox_instdir}/sdk/bindings
 
+######################################################
+echo "entering virtualbox-websrv install section"
+######################################################
+pushd out/linux.*/release/bin
+%__install -m 755 vboxwebsrv 		%{buildroot}%{_vbox_instdir} 
+%__install -m 755 webtest 		%{buildroot}%{_vbox_instdir}
+popd
+
+%__sed -i "s|%NOLSB%|yes|g;s|%DEBIAN%||g;s|%PACKAGE%|virtualbox|g" \
+					src/VBox/Installer/linux/vboxweb-service.sh.in
+%__install -m 744 src/VBox/Installer/linux/vboxweb-service.sh.in \
+					%{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/init.d/vboxweb-service
+%__ln_s %{_sysconfdir}/init.d/vboxweb-service \
+					%{buildroot}%{_sbindir}/rcvboxweb-service
+#
 ######################################################
 # run fdupes
 ######################################################
@@ -511,10 +541,20 @@ popd
 #also some translation files are duplicated
 %fdupes %{buildroot}/%{_datadir}/virtualbox/nls
 
+#
+#
+######################################################
+# scriptlets - pre
+######################################################
+
 %pre
 echo "creating group vboxusers..."
 groupadd -r vboxusers 2>/dev/null || :
 
+#######################################################
+# scriptlets - post
+#######################################################
+
 %post
 /sbin/ldconfig
 %fillup_and_insserv -f -y vboxdrv
@@ -551,6 +591,12 @@ groupadd -r vboxusers 2>/dev/null || :
 %post guest-tools
 %fillup_and_insserv -f -y vboxadd
 
+%post websrv
+%fillup_and_insserv -f -y vboxweb-service
+#######################################################
+# scriptlets preun
+#######################################################
+
 %preun
 %stop_on_removal vboxdrv
 exit 0
@@ -559,6 +605,14 @@ exit 0
 %stop_on_removal vboxadd
 exit 0
 
+%preun websrv
+%stop_on_removal vboxweb-service
+exit 0
+
+#######################################################
+# scriptlets postun
+#######################################################
+
 %postun
 /sbin/ldconfig
 %restart_on_update vboxdrv
@@ -568,6 +622,12 @@ exit 0
 %restart_on_update vboxadd
 %insserv_cleanup
 
+%postun websrv
+%restart_on_update vboxweb-service
+%insserv_cleanup
+# 
+#######################################################
+
 %clean
 [ -d "%{buildroot}" -a "%{buildroot}" != "" ] && %__rm -rf "%{buildroot}"
 
@@ -610,7 +670,6 @@ exit 0
 %{_vbox_instdir}/VBoxSVC
 %{_vbox_instdir}/VBoxTunctl
 %{_vbox_instdir}/VBoxXPCOMIPCD
-#added for 4.0.0
 %{_vbox_instdir}/VBoxExtPackHelperApp
 %{_vbox_instdir}/DBGCPlugInDiggers.so
 %{_vbox_instdir}/VBoxAuth.so
@@ -707,4 +766,11 @@ exit 0
 %{_vbox_instdir}/sdk/bindings/auth
 #%{_vbox_instdir}/sdk/bindings/glue/java
 
+%files websrv
+%defattr(-,root, root)
+%{_vbox_instdir}/vboxwebsrv 
+%{_vbox_instdir}/webtest
+%{_sysconfdir}/init.d/vboxweb-service
+%{_sbindir}/rcvboxweb-service
+
 %changelog