diff --git a/java-atk-wrapper.changes b/java-atk-wrapper.changes
index ba037df..43f534b 100644
--- a/java-atk-wrapper.changes
+++ b/java-atk-wrapper.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Oct 10 16:35:27 UTC 2017 - fstrba@suse.com
+
+- Added patch:
+  * jaw-avoid-version.patch
+    - Avoid libtool generated symlinks for the native library,
+      since it is loaded by System.loadLibrary which expects the
+      library finish with .so anyway.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Sep  6 13:12:32 UTC 2017 - fstrba@suse.com
 
diff --git a/java-atk-wrapper.spec b/java-atk-wrapper.spec
index 55aa7d4..cb36824 100644
--- a/java-atk-wrapper.spec
+++ b/java-atk-wrapper.spec
@@ -27,7 +27,12 @@ Url:            http://git.gnome.org/browse/java-atk-wrapper/
 Source0:        http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/%{name}/%{major_version}/%{name}-%{version}.tar.xz
 Source1:        HOWTO
 Source2:        manifest.txt
+# Avoid libtool versioning; this library is dynamically loaded from Java code
+Patch0:         jaw-avoid-version.patch
+BuildRequires:  autoconf
+BuildRequires:  automake
 BuildRequires:  java-devel >= 1.7.0
+BuildRequires:  libtool
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig
 BuildRequires:  xprop
 BuildRequires:  xz
@@ -55,10 +60,13 @@ change of underlying communication mechanism.
 
 %prep
 %setup -q
+%patch0 -p1
 cp %{SOURCE1} .
 cp %{SOURCE2} wrapper/
 
 %build
+libtoolize --force --copy --install
+autoreconf -fi
 %configure JAVACFLAGS="-source 1.7 -target 1.7" --libdir=%{_libdir}/%{name}
 make %{?_smp_mflags}
 
diff --git a/jaw-avoid-version.patch b/jaw-avoid-version.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..686d335
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jaw-avoid-version.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- java-atk-wrapper-0.33.2/jni/src/Makefile.am	2015-06-25 19:57:08.000000000 +0200
++++ java-atk-wrapper-0.33.2/jni/src/Makefile.am	2017-10-10 18:26:19.645994291 +0200
+@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
+ libatk_wrapper_la_LDFLAGS = $(LIB_ATK_WRAPPER_LD_FLAGS) \
+                             $(LT_VERSION_INFO) \
+                             $(PLATFORM_LDFLAGS) \
+-                            $(AM_LDFLAGS)
++                            $(AM_LDFLAGS) -avoid-version
+ 
+ libatk_wrapper_la_LIBADD = $(JAW_LIBS)
+