diff --git a/baselibs.conf b/baselibs.conf
index a4caa28..40a0e6e 100644
--- a/baselibs.conf
+++ b/baselibs.conf
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 libpcre1
+libpcre16-0
 libpcreposix0
 libpcrecpp0
 	provides "pcre-<targettype> = <version>"
diff --git a/pcre.changes b/pcre.changes
index c8045c9..77f6784 100644
--- a/pcre.changes
+++ b/pcre.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Nov  7 13:35:35 UTC 2012 - cgiboudeaux@gmx.com
+
+- Use the --enable-pcre16 configure flag.
+  This switch enables 16 bit character support that will be required by Qt5
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Aug 17 14:18:53 UTC 2012 - dimstar@opensuse.org
 
diff --git a/pcre.spec b/pcre.spec
index 9ed2d01..397a810 100644
--- a/pcre.spec
+++ b/pcre.spec
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ as Perl 5.
 Summary:        A library for Perl-compatible regular expressions
 Group:          System/Libraries
 Requires:       libpcre1 = %{version}
+Requires:       libpcre16-0 = %{version}
 Requires:       libpcrecpp0 = %{version}
 Requires:       libpcreposix0 = %{version}
 Requires:       libstdc++-devel
@@ -82,6 +83,15 @@ The PCRE library is a set of functions that implement regular
 expression pattern matching using the same syntax and semantics
 as Perl 5.
 
+%package -n libpcre16-0
+Summary:        A library for Perl-compatible regular expressions
+Group:          System/Libraries
+
+%description -n libpcre16-0
+The PCRE library is a set of functions that implement regular
+expression pattern matching using the same syntax and semantics
+as Perl 5.
+
 %package -n libpcreposix0
 Summary:        A library for Perl-compatible regular expressions
 Group:          System/Libraries
@@ -137,6 +147,7 @@ autoreconf -fiv
 	    --with-link-size=2 \
 	    --with-match-limit=10000000 \
 	    --enable-newline-is-lf \
+	    --enable-pcre16 \
 	    --enable-utf8 \
         --enable-unicode-properties
 %{__make} %{?_smp_mflags}
@@ -172,6 +183,10 @@ make test
 
 %postun -n libpcre1 -p /sbin/ldconfig
 
+%post -n libpcre16-0 -p /sbin/ldconfig
+
+%postun -n libpcre16-0 -p /sbin/ldconfig
+
 %post -n libpcrecpp0 -p /sbin/ldconfig
 
 %postun -n libpcrecpp0 -p /sbin/ldconfig
@@ -185,6 +200,10 @@ make test
 %doc AUTHORS COPYING ChangeLog LICENCE NEWS README
 %{_libdir}/libpcre.so.*
 
+%files -n libpcre16-0
+%defattr(-,root,root)
+%{_libdir}/libpcre16.so.*
+
 %files -n libpcrecpp0
 %defattr(-,root,root)
 %{_libdir}/libpcrecpp.so.*
@@ -210,6 +229,7 @@ make test
 %{_includedir}/*
 %{_libdir}/*.so
 %{_libdir}/pkgconfig/libpcre.pc
+%{_libdir}/pkgconfig/libpcre16.pc
 %{_libdir}/pkgconfig/libpcrecpp.pc
 %{_libdir}/pkgconfig/libpcreposix.pc
 %{_mandir}/man1/pcre-config.*