diff --git a/iproute2.changes b/iproute2.changes
index 7a4deb4..576bde5 100644
--- a/iproute2.changes
+++ b/iproute2.changes
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ Tue Oct  9 13:27:11 UTC 2012 - jengelh@inai.de
 * iproute2: VTI support for ip link command
 - Rename iproute2-libdir-1.diff to iproute2-dirs.diff, as it does
   more than just changing LIBDIR.
+- Add revert-pdf-creation.diff, as the new PDF creation commands
+  do not want to work with openSUSE 12.2 and before.
 
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Sep 18 06:36:19 UTC 2012 - werner@suse.de
diff --git a/iproute2.spec b/iproute2.spec
index 144ec07..209556e 100644
--- a/iproute2.spec
+++ b/iproute2.spec
@@ -29,10 +29,9 @@ Url:            http://www.linuxfoundation.org/collaborate/workgroups/networking
 #Git-Clone:	git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/shemminger/iproute2
 Source:         %name-%version.tar.xz
 Source2:        %name-%version.tar.sign
-# PATCH-FIX-UPSTREAM iproute2-libdir-1.diff status=unknown
 Patch1:         iproute2-dirs.diff
-# PATCH-??-OPENSUSE iproute2-HZ.diff status=noidea
 Patch2:         iproute2-HZ.diff
+Patch3:         revert-pdf-creation.diff
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 BuildRequires:  bison
 BuildRequires:  db-devel
@@ -106,6 +105,9 @@ tar -xf "%{S:0}" --use=xz;
 %setup -DTq
 %endif
 %patch -P 1 -P 2 -p1
+%if 0%{?sles_version} == 11 || (0%{?suse_version} && 0%{?suse_version} <= 1220)
+%patch -P 3 -p1
+%endif
 find . -name *.orig -delete
 
 %build
diff --git a/revert-pdf-creation.diff b/revert-pdf-creation.diff
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f5c2f1e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/revert-pdf-creation.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+Revert 0ecf26fc7d2f24570b4c04a668c437b8656a40a7, since it
+makes PDF creation fail on SUSE <= 12.2.
+
+(cannot find linuxdoc-sgml.sty; seems like /usr/lib/sgml-tool
+is not in the search path with texlive 2011/suse122.)
+
+diff --git a/doc/Makefile b/doc/Makefile
+index b92957e..1df6081 100644
+--- a/doc/Makefile
++++ b/doc/Makefile
+@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ PSFILES=ip-cref.ps ip-tunnels.ps api-ip6-flowlabels.ps ss.ps nstat.ps arpd.ps rt
+ 
+ LATEX=latex
+ DVIPS=dvips
+-SGML2DVI=sgml2latex
++SGML2DVI=sgml2latex --output=dvi
+ SGML2HTML=sgml2html -s 0
+ LPR=lpr -Zsduplex
+ SHELL=bash
+@@ -31,11 +31,8 @@ pdf: $(PDFFILES)
+ print: $(PSFILES)
+ 	$(LPR) $(PSFILES)
+ 
+-%.tex: %.sgml
+-	$(SGML2DVI) --output=tex $<
+-
+ %.dvi: %.sgml
+-	$(SGML2DVI) --output=dvi $<
++	$(SGML2DVI) $<
+ 
+ %.dvi: %.tex
+ 	@set -e; pass=2; echo "Running LaTeX $<"; \
+@@ -47,17 +44,10 @@ print: $(PSFILES)
+ 		echo "Re-running LaTeX $<, $${pass}d pass"; pass=$$[$$pass + 1]; \
+ 	done
+ 
+-%.pdf: %.tex
+-	@set -e; pass=2; echo "Running pdfLaTeX $<"; \
+-	while [ `pdflatex $< </dev/null 2>&1 | \
+-		 grep -c '^\(LaTeX Warning: Label(s) may\|No file \|! Emergency stop\)'` -ge 1 ]; do \
+-		if [ $$pass -gt 3 ]; then \
+-			echo "Seems, something is wrong. Try by hands." ; exit 1 ; \
+-		fi; \
+-		echo "Re-running pdfLaTeX $<, $${pass}d pass"; pass=$$[$$pass + 1]; \
+-	done
+-#%.pdf: %.ps
+-#	ps2pdf $<
++#%.pdf: %.tex
++#	pdflatex $<
++%.pdf: %.ps
++	ps2pdf $<
+ 
+ %.ps: %.dvi
+ 	$(DVIPS) $< -o $@