diff --git a/iputils-ss021109-open_max.diff b/iputils-ss021109-open_max.diff
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..00c7866
--- /dev/null
+++ b/iputils-ss021109-open_max.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+Index: iputils/rdisc.c
+===================================================================
+--- iputils.orig/rdisc.c	2007-12-12 15:41:01.000000000 +0100
++++ iputils/rdisc.c	2007-12-12 15:42:15.000000000 +0100
+@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ void do_fork(void)
+ 	if ((pid=fork()) != 0)
+ 		exit(0);
+ 
+-	for (t = 0; t < OPEN_MAX; t++)
++	for (t = 0; t < sysconf(_SC_OPEN_MAX); t++)
+ 		if (t != s)
+ 			close(t);
+ 
diff --git a/iputils.changes b/iputils.changes
index e420830..a956a07 100644
--- a/iputils.changes
+++ b/iputils.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Dec 12 15:44:07 CET 2007 - rguenther@suse.de
+
+- use sysconf(_SC_OPEN_MAX) instead of OPEN_MAX to fix build
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Mar  6 09:14:02 CET 2007 - ms@suse.de
 
diff --git a/iputils.spec b/iputils.spec
index 73dc9d3..a1f8a2c 100644
--- a/iputils.spec
+++ b/iputils.spec
@@ -13,12 +13,12 @@
 Name:           iputils
 Summary:        IPv4and IPv6 Networking Utilities
 Version:        ss021109
-Release:        198
-License:        BSD License and BSD-like, GNU General Public License (GPL)
+Release:        237
+License:        BSD 3-Clause; GPL v2 or later
 Group:          Productivity/Networking/Other
 Provides:       nkitb
 Obsoletes:      nkitb
-URL:            ftp://ftp.tux.org/people/alexey-kuznetsov/ip-routing
+Url:            ftp://ftp.tux.org/people/alexey-kuznetsov/ip-routing
 Source:         iputils-%{version}-try.tar.bz2
 Patch:          %name-%version.diff
 Patch1:         %name-%version-rdisc-server.patch
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ Patch13:        %name-HZ.patch
 Patch14:        %name-%version-ping6_getaddrinfo.patch
 Patch15:        %name-%version-ping_common.dif
 Patch16:        %name-ss021109-traceroute6-ttab.diff
+Patch17:        %name-%version-open_max.diff
 Prefix:         %_prefix
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 
@@ -69,6 +70,7 @@ Authors:
 %patch14
 %patch15
 %patch16
+%patch17 -p1
 mkdir linux
 touch linux/autoconf.h
 
@@ -115,6 +117,8 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 %attr(644,root,root) %_mandir/man8/*
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Dec 12 2007 - rguenther@suse.de
+- use sysconf(_SC_OPEN_MAX) instead of OPEN_MAX to fix build
 * Tue Mar 06 2007 - ms@suse.de
 - fixed overbound ttab2 array access (#251195)
 * Wed Dec 06 2006 - ms@suse.de