diff --git a/lirc.changes b/lirc.changes
index 816b3c3..3d316ea 100644
--- a/lirc.changes
+++ b/lirc.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Nov 27 20:15:34 UTC 2012 - alinm.elena@gmail.com
+
+- install the udev rules in /usr/lib/udev for factory and above 
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Feb 21 12:33:55 UTC 2012 - lnussel@suse.de
 
diff --git a/lirc.spec b/lirc.spec
index f1becb4..baff595 100644
--- a/lirc.spec
+++ b/lirc.spec
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 #
 
 
-
 Name:           lirc
 BuildRequires:  alsa-devel
 BuildRequires:  libtool
@@ -68,6 +67,9 @@ Recommends:     lirc-remotes
 Suggests:       lirc-kmp
 Supplements:    lirc-kmp
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
+BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(udev)
+%define _udevdir %(pkg-config --variable udevdir udev)
+
 Requires(pre):  %fillup_prereq
 Requires(pre):  %insserv_prereq
 
@@ -173,9 +175,9 @@ ln -sf ../../etc/init.d/lirc %{buildroot}%{_sbindir}/rclirc
 install -m 0644 %{SOURCE5} %{buildroot}%{_localstatedir}/adm/fillup-templates
 #
 # udev stuff
-install -d -m 755 %{buildroot}/lib/udev/rules.d
+install -d -m 755 %{buildroot}/%_udevdir/rules.d
 install -d -m 755 %{buildroot}/sbin
-install -m 644 %{SOURCE9} %{buildroot}/lib/udev/rules.d
+install -m 644 %{SOURCE9} %{buildroot}/%_udevdir/rules.d
 find %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/lirc -perm +111 -type f -print0 | xargs -r -0 chmod a-x
 #
 # get rid of libtool file
@@ -209,9 +211,7 @@ chmod 644 %{buildroot}%{_bindir}/pronto2lirc
 %{_sbindir}/*
 %{_sysconfdir}/init.d/lirc
 %{_localstatedir}/adm/fillup-templates/sysconfig.lirc
-%dir /lib/udev
-%dir /lib/udev/rules.d
-/lib/udev/rules.d/51-lirc.rules
+%_udevdir/rules.d/51-lirc.rules
 %doc %{_mandir}/man1/*
 %doc %{_mandir}/man8/*
 %dir %{_sysconfdir}/lirc