diff --git a/libsensors-visibility.patch b/libsensors-visibility.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..609db3a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libsensors-visibility.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+--- /dev/null
++++ lib/libsensors.map
+@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
++{
++global:
++  libsensors_version;
++  sensors_cleanup;
++  sensors_do_chip_sets;
++  sensors_free_chip_name;
++  sensors_get_adapter_name;
++  sensors_get_all_subfeatures;
++  sensors_get_detected_chips;
++  sensors_get_features;
++  sensors_get_label;
++  sensors_get_subfeature;
++  sensors_get_value;
++  sensors_init;
++  sensors_parse_chip_name;
++  sensors_set_value;
++  sensors_snprintf_chip_name;
++  sensors_strerror;
++local: *;
++ };
+--- lib/Module.mk.orig
++++ lib/Module.mk
+@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ LIBHEADERFILES := $(MODULE_DIR)/error.h
+ 
+ # How to create the shared library
+ $(MODULE_DIR)/$(LIBSHLIBNAME): $(LIBSHOBJECTS)
+-	$(CC) -shared $(LDFLAGS) -Wl,-soname,$(LIBSHSONAME) -o $@ $^ -lc -lm
++	$(CC) -shared $(LDFLAGS) -Wl,--version-script=$(LIB_DIR)/libsensors.map -Wl,-soname,$(LIBSHSONAME) -o $@ $^ -lc -lm
+ 
+ $(MODULE_DIR)/$(LIBSHSONAME): $(MODULE_DIR)/$(LIBSHLIBNAME)
+ 	$(RM) $@
diff --git a/sensors.changes b/sensors.changes
index 90f6fb7..94c6e5c 100644
--- a/sensors.changes
+++ b/sensors.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Nov 29 20:47:06 UTC 2010 - cristian.rodriguez@opensuse.org
+
+- libsensors: export only public symbols 
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sun Oct 31 12:37:02 UTC 2010 - jengelh@medozas.de
 
diff --git a/sensors.spec b/sensors.spec
index 78ce47a..7b2219d 100644
--- a/sensors.spec
+++ b/sensors.spec
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ Patch2:         lm_sensors-3.0.0-sensord-separate.patch
 Patch3:         lm_sensors-3.0.0-sysconfig_metadata.patch
 Patch4:         lm_sensors-3.0.3-hint-at-kernel-extra-package.patch
 Patch5:         lm_sensors-3.1.1-no-ipmisensors-driver.patch
+Patch6:			libsensors-visibility.patch
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 ExcludeArch:    s390 s390x
 
@@ -138,7 +139,7 @@ Authors:
 %patch3 -p1
 %patch4 -p1
 %patch5 -p1
-
+%patch6
 %build
 RPM_OPT_FLAGS="$RPM_OPT_FLAGS"
 make %{?_smp_mflags} PROG_EXTRA:=sensord BUILD_STATIC_LIB:=0 PREFIX=%{_prefix} MANDIR=%{_mandir} LIBDIR=%{_libdir}
@@ -159,7 +160,6 @@ make %{?_smp_mflags} PROG_EXTRA:=sensord BUILD_STATIC_LIB:=0 PREFIX=%{_prefix} M
     mkdir -p				$RPM_BUILD_ROOT/etc/init.d
     install -m 0755 %{S:1}		$RPM_BUILD_ROOT/etc/init.d/lm_sensors
     ln -sf /etc/init.d/lm_sensors	$RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr/sbin/rclm_sensors
-
 %clean
 rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT