diff --git a/build.inc b/build.inc
index 62d1b00..11f4d40 100644
--- a/build.inc
+++ b/build.inc
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ export WARN_DIS=" -Wno-unused-parameter "
 %if 0%{?suse_version} > 1140
 export WARN_DIS="$WARN_DIS -Wno-unused-but-set-variable "
 %endif
-export CFLAGS="$RPM_OPT_FLAGS -DPIC -fPIC -DUNDEF_HAVE_INITGROUPS -DFORCE_INIT_OF_VARS -fno-strict-aliasing $WARN_DIS"
+export CFLAGS="$RPM_OPT_FLAGS -DPIC -fPIC -DUNDEF_HAVE_INITGROUPS -DFORCE_INIT_OF_VARS $WARN_DIS"
 export CXXFLAGS="$CFLAGS -fno-exceptions -fno-rtti"
 # Make the compile a function, since we do multiple builds
 BuildMySQL() {
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ BuildMySQL() {
 	mkdir _build$suffix
 	pushd _build$suffix
 	../configure \
+        --with-libevent \
 		--enable-assembler \
 		--without-readline \
 		--infodir=%{_infodir} \
diff --git a/mariadb-strict-aliasing.patch b/mariadb-strict-aliasing.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a494320
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mariadb-strict-aliasing.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+--- storage/pbxt/src/Makefile.am.orig
++++ storage/pbxt/src/Makefile.am
+@@ -40,17 +40,19 @@ libpbxt_la_SOURCES =	$(non_mysql_interna
+ # These are the warning Drizzle uses:
+ # DRIZZLE_WARNINGS =		-W -Wall -Wextra -pedantic -Wundef -Wredundant-decls -Wno-strict-aliasing -Wno-long-long -Wno-unused-parameter
+ 
+-libpbxt_la_CXXFLAGS =		-shared $(AM_CXXFLAGS) -DMYSQL_DYNAMIC_PLUGIN
+-libpbxt_la_CFLAGS =		-shared $(AM_CFLAGS) -DMYSQL_DYNAMIC_PLUGIN -std=c99
++libpbxt_la_CXXFLAGS =		-shared $(AM_CXXFLAGS) -fno-strict-aliasing -DMYSQL_DYNAMIC_PLUGIN
++libpbxt_la_CFLAGS =		-shared $(AM_CFLAGS) -fno-strict-aliasing -DMYSQL_DYNAMIC_PLUGIN -std=c99
+ libpbxt_la_LDFLAGS =		-module 
+ 
+ noinst_LTLIBRARIES = 		libpbxt_s.la libpbxt_s_embedded.la libpbxt_s_common.la
+ 
+ libpbxt_s_common_la_SOURCES =	$(non_mysql_internal_sources)
++libpbxt_s_common_la_CXXFLAGS =	$(AM_CXXFLAGS) -fno-strict-aliasing
+ libpbxt_s_la_SOURCES =		$(mysql_internal_sources)
++libpbxt_s_la_CXXFLAGS =	$(AM_CXXFLAGS) -fno-strict-aliasing
+ libpbxt_s_la_LIBADD =		libpbxt_s_common.la
+ libpbxt_s_embedded_la_SOURCES =	$(mysql_internal_sources)
+-libpbxt_s_embedded_la_CXXFLAGS =	$(AM_CXXFLAGS) @plugin_embedded_defs@
++libpbxt_s_embedded_la_CXXFLAGS =	$(AM_CXXFLAGS) -fno-strict-aliasing @plugin_embedded_defs@
+ libpbxt_s_embedded_la_LIBADD =	libpbxt_s_common.la
+ 
+ EXTRA_DIST =			pbms_enabled.cc win_inttypes.h
+--- storage/innodb_plugin/buf/buf0flu.c.orig
++++ storage/innodb_plugin/buf/buf0flu.c
+@@ -112,7 +112,9 @@ buf_flush_insert_in_flush_rbt(
+ 	p_node = rbt_prev(buf_pool->flush_rbt, c_node);
+ 
+ 	if (p_node != NULL) {
+-		prev = *rbt_value(buf_page_t*, p_node);
++        buf_page_t**    value;
++		value = rbt_value(buf_page_t*, p_node);
++        prev = *value;
+ 		ut_a(prev != NULL);
+ 	}
+ 
+--- storage/sphinx/Makefile.am.orig
++++ storage/sphinx/Makefile.am
+@@ -35,17 +35,17 @@ pkgplugin_LTLIBRARIES = @plugin_sphinx_s
+ 
+ ha_sphinx_la_LDFLAGS =	-module -avoid-version -rpath $(MYSQLLIBdir) \
+ 			-L$(top_builddir)/libservices -lmysqlservices
+-ha_sphinx_la_CXXFLAGS=	$(AM_CXXFLAGS) -DMYSQL_DYNAMIC_PLUGIN
++ha_sphinx_la_CXXFLAGS=	$(AM_CXXFLAGS) -fno-strict-aliasing -DMYSQL_DYNAMIC_PLUGIN
+ ha_sphinx_la_CFLAGS =	$(AM_CFLAGS) -DMYSQL_DYNAMIC_PLUGIN
+ ha_sphinx_la_SOURCES =	ha_sphinx.cc
+ 
+ sphinx_la_LDFLAGS = -module -avoid-version
+-sphinx_la_CXXFLAGS = $(AM_CXXFLAGS)
++sphinx_la_CXXFLAGS = $(AM_CXXFLAGS) -fno-strict-aliasing
+ sphinx_la_CFLAGS = $(AM_CFLAGS)
+ sphinx_la_SOURCES = snippets_udf.cc
+ 
+ noinst_LTLIBRARIES =	@plugin_sphinx_static_target@
+-libsphinx_la_CXXFLAGS =	$(AM_CXXFLAGS)
++libsphinx_la_CXXFLAGS =	$(AM_CXXFLAGS) -fno-strict-aliasing
+ libsphinx_la_CFLAGS =	$(AM_CFLAGS)
+ libsphinx_la_SOURCES=	ha_sphinx.cc
+ 
+--- storage/xtradb/buf/buf0flu.c.orig
++++ storage/xtradb/buf/buf0flu.c
+@@ -113,7 +113,9 @@ buf_flush_insert_in_flush_rbt(
+ 	p_node = rbt_prev(buf_pool->flush_rbt, c_node);
+ 
+ 	if (p_node != NULL) {
+-		prev = *rbt_value(buf_page_t*, p_node);
++        buf_page_t**    value;
++        value = rbt_value(buf_page_t*, p_node);
++        prev = *value;
+ 		ut_a(prev != NULL);
+ 	}
+ 
diff --git a/mariadb.changes b/mariadb.changes
index 7c844e7..eb4ef04 100644
--- a/mariadb.changes
+++ b/mariadb.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sat Jul 16 23:14:42 UTC 2011 - crrodriguez@opensuse.org
+
+- Fix strict-aliasing warnings
+- allow using the "pool of threads" feature that requires libevent
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Jun 22 19:19:50 CEST 2011 - mhrusecky@suse.cz
 
diff --git a/mariadb.spec b/mariadb.spec
index 6db5aef..2d318d1 100644
--- a/mariadb.spec
+++ b/mariadb.spec
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ PreReq:         %install_info_prereq %insserv_prereq
 %endif
 BuildRequires:  gcc-c++ ncurses-devel openssl-devel procps readline-devel zlib-devel
 %if 0%{?suse_version}
-BuildRequires:  pwdutils tcpd-devel
+BuildRequires:  pwdutils tcpd-devel libevent-devel
 %endif
 %if 0%{?suse_version} > 1030 || 0%{?fedora_version} > 8
 BuildRequires:  fdupes
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ Requires:       %{name}-client perl-base
 Provides:       mysql-Max = %{srv_vers}
 Provides:       mysql = %{srv_vers}
 Conflicts:      otherproviders(mysql)
-
+Patch1:         mariadb-strict-aliasing.patch
 %description
 MariaDB is a backward compatible, drop-in replacement branch of the MySQL
 Database Server. It includes all major open source storage engines, including
@@ -407,6 +407,7 @@ for i in `grep -Rl mysqlclient .`; do
 	sed -i 's|mysqlclient|mariadbclient|g' $i
 done
 %endif
+%patch1
 
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 %build