diff --git a/axel-fix-url-max-length.patch b/axel-fix-url-max-length.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8f44a9b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/axel-fix-url-max-length.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- conn.c	2009-04-27 16:19:03.000000000 +0200
++++ conn.c	2017-04-12 15:58:37.838976530 +0200
+@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@
+ 				break;
+ 			if( ( t = http_header( conn->http, "location:" ) ) == NULL )
+ 				return( 0 );
+-			sscanf( t, "%255s", s );
++			sscanf( t, "%1024", s );
+ 			if( strstr( s, "://" ) == NULL)
+ 			{
+ 				sprintf( conn->http->headers, "%s%s",
diff --git a/axel.changes b/axel.changes
index 9d7ef79..eff6fba 100644
--- a/axel.changes
+++ b/axel.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Apr 12 13:46:32 UTC 2017 - sebix+novell.com@sebix.at
+
+- run spec-cleaner
+- add axel-fix-url-max-length.patch to accept longer URLs
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Dec 22 16:56:54 UTC 2011 - andreas.stieger@gmx.de
 
diff --git a/axel.spec b/axel.spec
index d8c7fb7..ce66b35 100644
--- a/axel.spec
+++ b/axel.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package axel
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2011 SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
+# Copyright (c) 2017 SUSE LINUX GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -15,12 +15,11 @@
 # Please submit bugfixes or comments via http://bugs.opensuse.org/
 #
 
-# norootforbuild
-
 
 Name:           axel
 Version:        2.4
 Release:        0
+Summary:        Lightweight Download Accelerator
 License:        GPL-2.0+
 Group:          Productivity/Networking/Other
 Url:            http://axel.alioth.debian.org/
@@ -29,8 +28,9 @@ 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
+# PATCH-FIX-OPENSUSE axel-fix-url-max-length.patch sebix+novell@sebix.at -- fix to accept longer URLs
+Patch4:         axel-fix-url-max-length.patch
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
-Summary:        Lightweight Download Accelerator
 
 %description
 Axel tries to accelerate HTTP/FTP downloading process by using multiple
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ byte-critical systems.
 %patch1
 %patch2
 %patch3
+%patch4
 
 %build
 %configure \
@@ -50,23 +51,20 @@ byte-critical systems.
     --strip=0 \
     --i18n=1
 
-%__make %{?_smp_mflags}
+make %{?_smp_mflags}
 
 %install
-%makeinstall
+%make_install
 
-%__rm -rf "%{buildroot}%{_mandir}/zh_CN"
+rm -rf "%{buildroot}%{_mandir}/zh_CN"
 
 %find_lang axel
 
-%clean
-%{?buildroot:%__rm -rf "%{buildroot}"}
-
 %files -f axel.lang
 %defattr(-,root,root)
 %doc CHANGES
 %config %{_sysconfdir}/axelrc
 %{_bindir}/axel
-%doc %{_mandir}/man1/axel.1%{ext_man}
+%{_mandir}/man1/axel.1%{ext_man}
 
 %changelog