diff --git a/gdal.changes b/gdal.changes
index 53cd1ff..7e6122c 100644
--- a/gdal.changes
+++ b/gdal.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Feb  4 18:55:25 UTC 2016 - behrisch@users.sourceforge.net
+
+- Fixing PACKAGE_* redefines in cpl_config.h
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sun Jan 31 16:55:00 UTC 2016 - Angelos Tzotsos <tzotsos@opensuse.org>
 
diff --git a/gdal.spec b/gdal.spec
index b1fe73e..ecad90a 100644
--- a/gdal.spec
+++ b/gdal.spec
@@ -284,6 +284,9 @@ rm -rf %{buildroot}%{perl_vendorarch}/auto/Geo/*/.packlist
 rm -rf %{buildroot}%{perl_vendorarch}/auto/Geo/GDAL/Const/.packlist
 rm -rf %{buildroot}%{_bindir}/*.dox
 
+# avoid PACKAGE redefines
+sed -i 's,\(#define PACKAGE_.*\),/* \1 */,' %{buildroot}%{_includedir}/gdal/cpl_config.h
+
 %post -n lib%{name}1 -p /sbin/ldconfig
 
 %postun	-n lib%{name}1 -p /sbin/ldconfig