diff --git a/cups.changes b/cups.changes
index 3f52362..13f4e2d 100644
--- a/cups.changes
+++ b/cups.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Jul 10 12:34:54 CEST 2009 - jsmeix@suse.de
+
+- Set 'export SUSE_ASNEEDED=0' in cups.spec because build fails
+  with --as-needed so that this is for now simply disabled.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Jun 26 12:50:22 CEST 2009 - jsmeix@suse.de
 
diff --git a/cups.spec b/cups.spec
index b4f155f..0311931 100644
--- a/cups.spec
+++ b/cups.spec
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ License:        GPL v2 or later
 Group:          Hardware/Printing
 Summary:        The Common UNIX Printing System
 Version:        1.3.10
-Release:        1
+Release:        2
 Requires:       cups-libs = %{version}, cups-client = %{version}
 Requires:       ghostscript_any, ghostscript-fonts-std, foomatic-filters
 Requires:       util-linux /usr/bin/pdftops
@@ -235,6 +235,10 @@ cp -a %{SOURCE10} .
 %{INSTALL_SCRIPT} %{SOURCE20} krb5-config
 
 %build
+# This package failed to build when testing with -Wl,-as-needed
+# So we disable it here, if you want to retest, delete this comment
+# and the 'export SUSE_ASNEEDED=0' line:
+export SUSE_ASNEEDED=0
 %{?suse_update_config:%{suse_update_config -f . }}
 libtoolize --force
 aclocal