diff --git a/apache2.spec b/apache2.spec
index 2a55813..227ede5 100644
--- a/apache2.spec
+++ b/apache2.spec
@@ -171,8 +171,11 @@ Requires:       %{pname}-MPM
 Requires:       /etc/mime.types
 PreReq:         %{name}-utils
 Requires:       logrotate
-%requires_ge     libapr1
-%requires_ge     libapr-util1
+# in the past, libapr1 >= 1.0 was sufficient. But since 2.2.16, a failure to
+# create listen sockets can occur, unless newer libapr1 is used, with certain kernels.
+# see https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=516331
+Requires:       libapr1 < 2.0
+Requires:       libapr1 >= 1.4.2
 %{?systemd_requires}
 PreReq:         fileutils textutils grep sed 
 %if %{?suse_version:1}0
@@ -376,7 +379,7 @@ to administrators of web servers in general.
 %patch70 -p1
 #%patch108 -p1
 %patch109 -p1
-%patch110
+%patch110 
 %patch111 -p1
 cat $RPM_SOURCE_DIR/SUSE-NOTICE >> NOTICE