diff --git a/ghostscript.changes b/ghostscript.changes
index 43bf290..fbffe44 100644
--- a/ghostscript.changes
+++ b/ghostscript.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,18 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Mar 15 16:43:26 CET 2012 - jsmeix@suse.de
+
+- Configure --without-libpaper disables libpaper support
+  because SUSE does not have libpaper.
+- Configure --without-system-libtiff enforces not to use
+  the systems libtiff because currently (dated Thu Mar 15 2012)
+  using system libtiff fails in openSUSE:Factory with
+   "checking for libtiff with pkg-config...
+    checking for TIFFOpen in -ltiff... no
+    configure: Could not find a copy of libtiff on your system.
+    Disabling tiff output devices."
+  regardless of "BuildRequires libtiff-devel" which works
+  everywhere except openSUSE:Factory.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Mar 15 12:28:36 CET 2012 - jsmeix@suse.de
 
diff --git a/ghostscript.spec b/ghostscript.spec
index b9dc1d1..2fabab7 100644
--- a/ghostscript.spec
+++ b/ghostscript.spec
@@ -230,6 +230,13 @@ autoreconf -fi
 # Performance, reliability and memory use whilst decoding JPX streams are all improved.
 # --without-ufst and --without-luratech because those are relevant to commercial releases only
 # which would require a commercial license.
+# --without-libpaper disables libpaper support because SUSE does not have libpaper.
+# --without-system-libtiff enforces not to use the systems libtiff because
+# currently (dated Thu Mar 15 2012) using system libtiff fails in openSUSE:Factory with
+#  "checking for libtiff with pkg-config... checking for TIFFOpen in -ltiff... no
+#   configure: Could not find a copy of libtiff on your system.
+#   Disabling tiff output devices."
+# regardless of "BuildRequires libtiff-devel" which works everywhere except openSUSE:Factory.
 ./configure --prefix=%{_prefix} \
             --bindir=%{_bindir} \
             --mandir=%{_mandir} \
@@ -238,7 +245,7 @@ autoreconf -fi
             --libdir=%{_libdir} \
             --with-fontpath=%{gsfontpath} \
             --with-libiconv=maybe \
-            --with-system-libtiff \
+            --without-system-libtiff \
             --enable-freetype \
             --with-ijs \
             --with-jbig2dec \
@@ -253,7 +260,8 @@ autoreconf -fi
             --disable-compile-inits \
             --without-omni \
             --without-ufst \
-            --without-luratech
+            --without-luratech \
+            --without-libpaper
 make
 # make libgs.so and two programs which use it, gsx which uses Gtk+ and gsc which does not:
 make so