diff --git a/libhugetlbfs.changes b/libhugetlbfs.changes
index 8732f82..d18a456 100644
--- a/libhugetlbfs.changes
+++ b/libhugetlbfs.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Oct 21 14:24:22 CEST 2008 - olh@suse.de
+
+- handle older binutils versions in elf32ppclinux.xBDT (bnc#436451 - LTC49076)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Aug 27 18:33:12 CEST 2008 - olh@suse.de
 
diff --git a/libhugetlbfs.linkerscript.patch b/libhugetlbfs.linkerscript.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b7fa191
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libhugetlbfs.linkerscript.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+ADAM G. LITKE <agl@us.ibm.com> - 
+Libhugetlbfs ships a set of linker scripts which can be used to enable ELF
+segment remapping into huge pages.  These linker scripts 
+no longer work with the version of binutils shipped with SLES11.
+
+This has been a known problem.  Linker scripts are essentially tied to specific
+versions of binutils but libhugetlbfs only ships a single 
+set.  To avoid maintaining and shipping an ever-growing number of linker
+scripts, a new method of linking binaries for use with huge 
+pages was developed in libhugetlbfs-2.0.  Unfortunately, some customers will
+likely continue to use the old method of linking 
+binaries (with the shipped linker scripts) and will experience problems.  The
+solution to this problem is either to fix the linker scripts 
+for SLES11 by supplying a distro-specific patch, or strip out the deprecated
+linker scripts so they cannot be used at all.  I would prefer 
+to fix the linker scripts (if possible) to allow customers more time to switch
+to the new linking method.
+
+Fix for ppc32 BDT script
+
+The only linker script that is known to have problems is the script used to
+place text, data, and bss into huge pages on 32bit 
+PowerPC.  The attached patch fixes the issue by adding the 'SPECIAL' notation
+to the .plt and .got sections which is required for 
+correct functioning of the dynamic linker.
+
+
+---
+ ldscripts/elf32ppclinux.xBDT |    6 ++++--
+ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
+
+--- a/ldscripts/elf32ppclinux.xBDT
++++ b/ldscripts/elf32ppclinux.xBDT
+@@ -163,8 +163,9 @@ SECTIONS
+   .got1           : { *(.got1) } :hdata
+   .got2           : { *(.got2) } :hdata
+   .dynamic        : { *(.dynamic) } :dynamic :hdata
+-  .got            :  { *(.got.plt .got) } :hdata
++  .got            : SPECIAL { *(.got) } :hdata
+ /*  . = DATA_SEGMENT_RELRO_END (0, .); */
++  .plt            : SPECIAL { *(.plt) } :hdata
+   .data           :
+   {
+     *(.data .data.* .gnu.linkonce.d.*)
+@@ -172,6 +173,7 @@ SECTIONS
+     SORT(CONSTRUCTORS)
+   } :hdata
+   .data1          : { *(.data1) } :hdata
++  .got            : SPECIAL { *(.got) } :hdata
+   /* We want the small data sections together, so single-instruction offsets
+      can access them all, and initialized data all before uninitialized, so
+      we can shorten the on-disk segment size.  */
+@@ -190,7 +192,7 @@ SECTIONS
+     *(.scommon)
+     PROVIDE (__sbss_end = .); PROVIDE (___sbss_end = .);
+   } :hdata
+-  .plt            :  { *(.plt) } :hdata
++  .plt            : SPECIAL { *(.plt) } :hdata
+   .bss            :
+   {
+    *(.dynbss)
diff --git a/libhugetlbfs.spec b/libhugetlbfs.spec
index f30471a..08088d5 100644
--- a/libhugetlbfs.spec
+++ b/libhugetlbfs.spec
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ License:        LGPL v2.1 or later
 Group:          Development/Libraries/Other
 Summary:        hugetlbfs helper library
 Version:        2.0
-Release:        1
+Release:        7
 Url:            http://libhugetlbfs.sourceforge.net/
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 %define my_make_flags V=1 CFLAGS="$RPM_OPT_FLAGS -g -fPIC" BUILDTYPE=NATIVEONLY PREFIX=/usr LIBDIR32=%{_libdir} DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ Patch0:         libhugetlbfs.install-header.patch
 Patch1:         libhugetlbfs.ia64-libdir.patch
 Patch2:         libhugetlbfs.s390.patch
 Patch3:         libhugetlbfs.tests-malloc.patch
+Patch4:         libhugetlbfs.linkerscript.patch
 
 %description
 libhugetlbfs interacts with the Linux hugetlbfs to make large pages
@@ -51,6 +52,7 @@ Authors:
 %patch1 -p1
 %patch2 -p1
 %patch3 -p1
+%patch4 -p1
 
 %build
 make %{my_make_flags} libs $tests
@@ -77,6 +79,8 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 %{_libdir}/lib*
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Oct 21 2008 olh@suse.de
+- handle older binutils versions in elf32ppclinux.xBDT (bnc#436451 - LTC49076)
 * Wed Aug 27 2008 olh@suse.de
 - update to version 2.0 (fate#304340)
   New Features