diff --git a/axel-2.4-configure.patch b/axel-2.4-configure.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..25412f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/axel-2.4-configure.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+When called with --disable-dependency-tracking, the configure
+script would exit with the usage output. This patch make the script
+accept and ignore that option.
+
+Index: configure
+===================================================================
+--- configure.orig	2009-04-27 15:19:03.000000000 +0100
++++ configure	2011-12-22 16:46:32.000000000 +0000
+@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ strip=1
+ arch=`uname -s`
+ 
+ while [ -n "$1" ]; do
+-	e="`expr "$1" : '--\(.*=.*\)'`"
++	e="`expr "$1" : '--\(.*\)'`"
+ 	if [ -z "$e" ]; then
+ 		cat<<EOF
+ Axel configure
+@@ -44,8 +44,10 @@ EOF
+ 	
+ 	keyname=$(expr "$e" : '\(.*\)=.*' | sed 's/[^a-z0-9_]/_/g')
+ 	value=$(expr "$e" : '.*=\(.*\)' | sed "s/'/_/g")
+-	
+-	eval "$keyname='$value'"
++
++	if [ -n "$value" ]; then
++		eval "$keyname='$value'"
++	fi
+ 	shift;
+ done
+ 
diff --git a/axel.changes b/axel.changes
index d65e6a4..9d7ef79 100644
--- a/axel.changes
+++ b/axel.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Dec 22 16:56:54 UTC 2011 - andreas.stieger@gmx.de
+
+- Update License to GPL-2.0+
+- add axel-2.4-configure.patch to make configure script accept and
+  ignore --disable-dependency-tracking
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Oct 12 15:28:17 UTC 2010 - pascal.bleser@opensuse.org
 
diff --git a/axel.spec b/axel.spec
index 267557a..d8c7fb7 100644
--- a/axel.spec
+++ b/axel.spec
@@ -1,17 +1,36 @@
+#
+# spec file for package axel
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2011 SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
+#
+# All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
+# remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
+# upon. The license for this file, and modifications and additions to the
+# file, is the same license as for the pristine package itself (unless the
+# license for the pristine package is not an Open Source License, in which
+# case the license is the MIT License). An "Open Source License" is a
+# license that conforms to the Open Source Definition (Version 1.9)
+# published by the Open Source Initiative.
+
+# Please submit bugfixes or comments via http://bugs.opensuse.org/
+#
+
 # norootforbuild
 
-Name:		axel
-Version:	2.4
-Release:	0
-License:	GNU GPL v2
-Group:		Productivity/Networking/Other
-URL:		http://axel.alioth.debian.org/
-# http://alioth.debian.org/frs/download.php/3015/axel-%{version}.tar.gz
-Source:		axel-%{version}.tar.bz2
-Patch1:     axel-fix_buffer_overflow.patch
-Patch2:     axel-getaddrinfo.patch
-BuildRoot:	%{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
-Summary:	Lightweight Download Accelerator
+
+Name:           axel
+Version:        2.4
+Release:        0
+License:        GPL-2.0+
+Group:          Productivity/Networking/Other
+Url:            http://axel.alioth.debian.org/
+Source:         axel-%{version}.tar.bz2
+Patch1:         axel-fix_buffer_overflow.patch
+Patch2:         axel-getaddrinfo.patch
+# PATCH-FIX-OPENSUSE axel-2.4-configure.patch andreas.stieger@gmx.de -- fix to accept and ignore --disable-dependency-tracking
+Patch3:         axel-2.4-configure.patch
+BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
+Summary:        Lightweight Download Accelerator
 
 %description
 Axel tries to accelerate HTTP/FTP downloading process by using multiple
@@ -23,6 +42,7 @@ byte-critical systems.
 %setup -q
 %patch1
 %patch2
+%patch3
 
 %build
 %configure \
@@ -48,3 +68,5 @@ byte-critical systems.
 %config %{_sysconfdir}/axelrc
 %{_bindir}/axel
 %doc %{_mandir}/man1/axel.1%{ext_man}
+
+%changelog