diff --git a/diffstat-1.54.tar.bz2 b/diffstat-1.54.tar.bz2
deleted file mode 100644
index 68bfe04..0000000
--- a/diffstat-1.54.tar.bz2
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:0026aa7d704d99e8d5d749b121e54c920d3df405bfb1ab13c0e649522bee4b05
-size 181867
diff --git a/diffstat.changes b/diffstat.changes
index 674f58c..ac04e59 100644
--- a/diffstat.changes
+++ b/diffstat.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,25 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Jan  4 09:04:33 UTC 2012 - pgajdos@suse.com
+
+- updated to 1.55:
+  * fixed [bnc#739210] -- on commercial license found in diffstat 
+    1.54 (test files)
+  * add -R option, like patch's, to reverse the order of the 
+    comparison.
+- switch on make check
+
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Dec 20 20:15:42 UTC 2011 - coolo@suse.com
+
+- remove call to suse_update_config (very old work around)
+
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sun Sep 18 17:17:12 UTC 2011 - jengelh@medozas.de
+
+- Remove redundant tags/sections from specfile
+  (cf. packaging guidelines)
+- Use %_smp_mflags for parallel build
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Oct 12 07:10:26 UTC 2010 - pgajdos@novell.com
 
diff --git a/diffstat-1.54.diff b/diffstat.diff
similarity index 100%
rename from diffstat-1.54.diff
rename to diffstat.diff
diff --git a/diffstat.spec b/diffstat.spec
index 24f80d7..c960e97 100644
--- a/diffstat.spec
+++ b/diffstat.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
-# spec file for package diffstat (Version 1.54)
+# spec file for package diffstat
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2010 SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
+# Copyright (c) 2012 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
@@ -15,49 +15,36 @@
 # Please submit bugfixes or comments via http://bugs.opensuse.org/
 #
 
-# norootforbuild
-
 
 Name:           diffstat
-Version:        1.54
-Release:        1
-AutoReqProv:    on
-Group:          Productivity/Text/Utilities
-License:        MIT License (or similar)
+Version:        1.55
+Release:        0
 Url:            http://dickey.his.com/diffstat/diffstat.html
 Summary:        Utility That Provides Statistics Based on the Output of diff
-Source:         %{name}-%{version}.tar.bz2
-Patch:          %{name}-%{version}.diff
+License:        MIT
+Group:          Productivity/Text/Utilities
+Source:         ftp://invisible-island.net/diffstat/diffstat.tar.gz
+Patch:          %{name}.diff
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 
 %description
 diffstat reads the output of the diff command and displays a histogram
 of the insertions, deletions, and modifications in each file.
 
-
-
-Authors:
---------
-    Thomas E. Dickey <dickey@clark.net>
-
-%prep
+%prep -n diffstat
 %setup -q
 %patch
 
 %build
-%{suse_update_config -f}
-CFLAGS="$RPM_OPT_FLAGS -Wall" \
-	./configure \
-	--prefix=%{_prefix} \
-	--bindir=%{_bindir} \
-	--mandir=%{_mandir}
+export CFLAGS="$RPM_OPT_FLAGS -Wall"
+%configure
 make %{?_smp_mflags}
 
 %install
 make DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT install
 
-%clean
-rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
+%check
+make check
 
 %files
 %defattr(-,root,root)
diff --git a/diffstat.tar.gz b/diffstat.tar.gz
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7be0a21
--- /dev/null
+++ b/diffstat.tar.gz
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:59a46c75a99f2c373a81880051adc43a17b71c55478691e702c61c13c6d61b55
+size 235836