diff --git a/Fix-maes-msse41-leaking-into-pkgconfig.patch b/Fix-maes-msse41-leaking-into-pkgconfig.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..38b94eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Fix-maes-msse41-leaking-into-pkgconfig.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+Fix for programs depending on abseil getting unexpectedly compiled with -maes -msse4.1 (or equivalent for other platforms), raising the CPU requirement.
+
+--- a/CMake/AbseilHelpers.cmake	2022-06-23 20:22:47.000000000 +0200
++++ b/CMake/AbseilHelpers.cmake	2022-07-11 16:51:58.364596579 +0200
+@@ -166,6 +166,8 @@
+           set(PC_CFLAGS "${PC_CFLAGS} ${cflag}")
+         elseif(${cflag} MATCHES "^(-W|/w[1234eo])")
+           # Don't impose our warnings on others.
++        elseif(${cflag} MATCHES "^-m")
++          # Don't impose CPU instruction requirements on others, as the code performs feature detection on runtime.
+         else()
+           set(PC_CFLAGS "${PC_CFLAGS} ${cflag}")
+         endif()
diff --git a/abseil-cpp.changes b/abseil-cpp.changes
index 699c075..0957d7b 100644
--- a/abseil-cpp.changes
+++ b/abseil-cpp.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Jul 11 14:56:15 UTC 2022 - Bruno Pitrus <brunopitrus@hotmail.com>
+
+- Add Fix-maes-msse41-leaking-into-pkgconfig.patch
+  * Do not make programs compiled with abseil require new-ish CPUs.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sun Jul  3 21:25:15 UTC 2022 - Matthias Eliasson <elimat@opensuse.org>
 
diff --git a/abseil-cpp.spec b/abseil-cpp.spec
index 241cd68..bd32314 100644
--- a/abseil-cpp.spec
+++ b/abseil-cpp.spec
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ Patch0:         options-old.patch
 %else
 Patch0:         options-cxx17.patch
 %endif
+# PATCH-FIX-UPSTREAM Fix-maes-msse41-leaking-into-pkgconfig.patch
+Patch1:         Fix-maes-msse41-leaking-into-pkgconfig.patch
 
 %description
 Abseil is a collection of C++11 libraries which augment the C++