diff --git a/cairo.changes b/cairo.changes
index 2197f2d..2018174 100644
--- a/cairo.changes
+++ b/cairo.changes
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Aug 29 12:06:00 UTC 2011 - coolo@novell.com
 
-- disable lto for cairo-sphinx as it breaks with as-needed
+- Add cairo-fix-libs.patch: disable lto for cairo-sphinx as it
+  breaks with -Wl,--as-needed.
 
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 Tue Feb 22 15:19:31 CET 2011 - vuntz@opensuse.org
diff --git a/cairo.spec b/cairo.spec
index eda3074..05c2f07 100644
--- a/cairo.spec
+++ b/cairo.spec
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 Name:           cairo
 Version:        1.10.2
 Release:        8
+# FIXME: on update, check that cairo-fix-libs.patch (patch1) is still needed (nobody has the right fix for upstream :/)
 License:        LGPLv2.1+ ; MPL ..
 Summary:        Vector Graphics Library with Cross-Device Output Support
 Url:            http://cairographics.org/
@@ -151,7 +152,6 @@ cairo.
 %build
 NOCONFIGURE=1 ./autogen.sh
 %configure \
-    --disable-silent-rules \
     --with-pic \
     --enable-fc \
     --enable-ft \
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ NOCONFIGURE=1 ./autogen.sh
 %endif
     --disable-gtk-doc \
     --disable-static
-%{__make} %{?jobs:-j %jobs}
+%{__make} %{?jobs:-j %jobs} V=1
 
 %install
 %makeinstall