diff --git a/pcre.changes b/pcre.changes
index 18d629a..add6a3a 100644
--- a/pcre.changes
+++ b/pcre.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sat May 30 22:02:07 CEST 2009 - dmueller@suse.de
+
+- fix symlinks to libpcre and libpcreposix to fix the build
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed May 27 18:03:13 CEST 2009 - ms@suse.de
 
diff --git a/pcre.spec b/pcre.spec
index c95a999..c06f2f2 100644
--- a/pcre.spec
+++ b/pcre.spec
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 Name:           pcre
 BuildRequires:  gcc-c++
 Version:        7.9
-Release:        2
+Release:        3
 Summary:        A library for Perl-compatible regular expressions
 License:        BSD 3-Clause; Other uncritical OpenSource License
 Group:          System/Libraries
@@ -90,9 +90,12 @@ mv %{buildroot}/usr/share/doc/pcre %{buildroot}/%{_defaultdocdir}/pcre
 %{__rm} -f %{buildroot}%{_libdir}/*.la
 #move pcre and pcreposix library into /lib
 %{__mkdir_p} %{buildroot}/%{_lib}
-mv %{buildroot}%{_libdir}/libpcre{,posix}.so.* %{buildroot}/%{_lib}
-#update the symlinks for linking.
-%{__ln_s} -v /%{_lib}/$(readlink %{buildroot}/%{_lib}/%{name}.so) %{buildroot}%{_libdir}/%{name}.so
+for l in libpcre libpcreposix; do
+  ldest=$(readlink %{buildroot}/%{_libdir}/$l.so)
+  mv %{buildroot}%{_libdir}/$l.so.* %{buildroot}/%{_lib}
+  #update the symlinks for linking.
+  %{__ln_s} -vf /%{_lib}/$ldest %{buildroot}%{_libdir}/$l.so
+done
 
 %check
 export LANG=POSIX
@@ -130,6 +133,8 @@ make test
 %{_mandir}/man3/*.gz
 
 %changelog
+* Sat May 30 2009 dmueller@suse.de
+- fix symlinks to libpcre and libpcreposix to fix the build
 * Wed May 27 2009 ms@suse.de
 - moved libpcre and libpcreposix to %%{_lib} (bnc #507449)
 * Tue May 05 2009 ms@suse.de