diff --git a/assumeexec.diff b/assumeexec.diff
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d74def4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/assumeexec.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+--- tools/elfdeps.c.orig	2011-06-03 13:12:32.000000000 +0000
++++ tools/elfdeps.c	2011-06-03 13:17:45.000000000 +0000
+@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
+ 
+ int filter_private = 0;
+ int soname_only = 0;
++int assume_exec = 0;
+ 
+ typedef struct elfInfo_s {
+     Elf *elf;
+@@ -226,7 +227,7 @@ static int processFile(const char *fn, i
+ 	ei->isElf64 = 0;
+ #endif
+     	ei->isDSO = (ehdr->e_type == ET_DYN);
+-	ei->isExec = (st.st_mode & (S_IXUSR|S_IXGRP|S_IXOTH));
++	ei->isExec = assume_exec || (st.st_mode & (S_IXUSR|S_IXGRP|S_IXOTH));
+ 
+ 	processSections(ei);
+     }
+@@ -279,6 +280,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
+ 	{ "requires", 'R', POPT_ARG_VAL, &requires, -1, NULL, NULL },
+ 	{ "filter-private", 0, POPT_ARG_VAL, &filter_private, -1, NULL, NULL },
+ 	{ "soname-only", 0, POPT_ARG_VAL, &soname_only, -1, NULL, NULL },
++	{ "assume-exec", 0, POPT_ARG_VAL, &assume_exec, -1, NULL, NULL },
+ 	POPT_AUTOHELP 
+ 	POPT_TABLEEND
+     };
diff --git a/fileattrs.diff b/fileattrs.diff
index 914a75d..a7ac98d 100644
--- a/fileattrs.diff
+++ b/fileattrs.diff
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@
 --- ./fileattrs/elflib.attr.orig	2011-05-18 09:28:23.000000000 +0000
 +++ ./fileattrs/elflib.attr	2011-05-18 09:31:30.000000000 +0000
 @@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
-+%__elflib_provides	%{_rpmconfigdir}/elfdeps --provides %{?__filter_GLIBC_PRIVATE:--filter-private}
-+%__elflib_requires	%{_rpmconfigdir}/elfdeps --requires %{?__filter_GLIBC_PRIVATE:--filter-private}
++%__elflib_provides	%{_rpmconfigdir}/elfdeps --assume-exec --provides %{?__filter_GLIBC_PRIVATE:--filter-private}
++%__elflib_requires	%{_rpmconfigdir}/elfdeps --assume-exec --requires %{?__filter_GLIBC_PRIVATE:--filter-private}
 +%__elflib_magic		^ELF (32|64)-bit.*shared object
 +%__elflib_exclude_path	^/usr/lib/debug/
 --- ./fileattrs/firmware.attr.orig	2011-05-18 09:27:44.000000000 +0000
diff --git a/rpm.changes b/rpm.changes
index a29e766..1adf6ca 100644
--- a/rpm.changes
+++ b/rpm.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Jun  3 15:19:02 CEST 2011 - mls@suse.de
+
+- add --assume-exec option to elfdeps, so that the dependency
+  generator really works for libs without x-bits
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon May 23 16:21:52 CEST 2011 - mls@suse.de
 
diff --git a/rpm.spec b/rpm.spec
index 71c86fb..855d62c 100644
--- a/rpm.spec
+++ b/rpm.spec
@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@ Patch79:        findsupplements.diff
 Patch80:        magic_and_path.diff
 Patch81:        safemacro.diff
 Patch82:        emptychangelog.diff
+Patch83:        assumeexec.diff
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 #
 # avoid bootstrapping problem
@@ -180,7 +181,7 @@ rm -f rpmdb/db.h
 %patch -P 50 -P 51 -P 52 -P 53 -P 54 -P 55 -P 56 -P 57 -P 58 -P 59
 %patch -P 60 -P 61 -P 62 -P 63 -P 64 -P 65 -P 66 -P 67 -P 68 -P 69
 %patch -P 70 -P 71 -P 72 -P 73 -P 74 -P 75 -P 76 -P 77 -P 78 -P 79
-%patch -P 80 -P 81 -P 82
+%patch -P 80 -P 81 -P 82 -P 83
 #chmod 755 scripts/find-supplements{,.ksyms}
 #chmod 755 scripts/find-provides.ksyms scripts/find-requires.ksyms
 #chmod 755 scripts/firmware.prov