diff --git a/exim.spec b/exim.spec
index 1ddd18c..bafa36c 100644
--- a/exim.spec
+++ b/exim.spec
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ BuildRequires:  XFree86-devel XFree86-libs
 %else
 BuildRequires:  libXaw-devel libXext-devel libXt-devel openssl-devel tcp_wrappers xorg-x11-server-sdk
 %endif
+%if %{?build_with_mysql:1}0
+BuildRequires:  mysql-devel
+%endif
 URL:            http://www.exim.org/
 Conflicts:      sendmail sendmail-tls postfix
 License:        GPL
@@ -140,7 +143,9 @@ cat <<-EOF > Local/Makefile
 	LOOKUP_DNSDB=yes
 	LOOKUP_DSEARCH=yes
 	LOOKUP_LDAP=yes
-	# LOOKUP_MYSQL=yes
+%if %{?build_with_mysql:1}0
+	LOOKUP_MYSQL=yes
+%endif
 	# LOOKUP_NIS=yes
 	# LOOKUP_NISPLUS=yes
 	# LOOKUP_ORACLE=yes
@@ -154,6 +159,10 @@ cat <<-EOF > Local/Makefile
 	# LOOKUP_INCLUDE=-I /usr/local/ldap/include -I /usr/local/mysql/include -I /usr/local/pgsql/include
 	# LOOKUP_LIBS=-L/usr/local/lib -lldap -llber -lmysqlclient -lpq
 	LOOKUP_LIBS=-lldap -llber
+%if %{?build_with_mysql:1}0
+	LOOKUP_INCLUDE=-I /usr/include/mysql
+	LOOKUP_LIBS=-lldap -llber -lmysqlclient
+%endif
 	
 	EXIM_MONITOR=eximon.bin
 	
@@ -393,6 +402,9 @@ exit 0
 %{_sbindir}/eximstats-html-update.py
 
 %changelog -n exim
+* Fri Aug 04 2006 - poeml@suse.de
+- add support for building with mysql lookup support, by defining
+  %%build_with_mysql at the top of the spec file [#188586]
 * Thu Aug 03 2006 - poeml@suse.de
 - update to 4.63
   * Use a glob alias rather than an array ref in eximstats generated