diff --git a/apache2-mod_security2.changes b/apache2-mod_security2.changes
index 53bde9d..4ee0abc 100644
--- a/apache2-mod_security2.changes
+++ b/apache2-mod_security2.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Aug 27 17:30:25 CEST 2014 - draht@suse.de
+
+- Portability: provide /etc/apache2/mod_security2.d/empty.conf
+  to avoid a non-match of the file-glob in the Include statement
+  from /etc/apache2/conf.d/mod_security2.conf . This restores
+  the Include back from the IncludeOptional, which is not portable.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Aug 25 19:33:11 UTC 2014 - thomas.worm@sicsec.de
 
diff --git a/apache2-mod_security2.spec b/apache2-mod_security2.spec
index dd2fcd9..7ad3894 100644
--- a/apache2-mod_security2.spec
+++ b/apache2-mod_security2.spec
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ Source3:        %{refman}.bz2
 Source4:        %{faq}.bz2
 Source5:        modsecurity_diagram_apache_request_cycle.jpg
 Source6:        README-SUSE-mod_security2.txt
+Source7:        empty.conf
 Patch0:         apache2-mod_security2-no_rpath.diff
 #
 Summary:        ModSecurity Open Source Web Application Firewall
diff --git a/empty.conf b/empty.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7b57715
--- /dev/null
+++ b/empty.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+# This configuration file has been intentionally left empty to avoid errors
+# resulting from an Include statement that matches no files.
+# (IncludeOptional is available for apache > 2.4)
+#