diff --git a/subversion.changes b/subversion.changes
index 47de37e..52c02cf 100644
--- a/subversion.changes
+++ b/subversion.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Sep 29 09:44:52 UTC 2011 - stsp@elego.de
+
+- pass the serf configure option to subversion's configure script,
+  not to swig's configure script
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Aug 24 00:34:35 CEST 2011 - dmueller@suse.de
 
diff --git a/subversion.spec b/subversion.spec
index 4a2d704..78afacf 100644
--- a/subversion.spec
+++ b/subversion.spec
@@ -387,7 +387,6 @@ CXXFLAGS="%{optflags}" \
 	    --without-allegrocl \
 	    --without-clisp \
 	    --without-r \
-            %{?_with_subversion_libserf_support} \
 	    --with-swiglibdir="$SWIG_ROOT/share/swig"
 %__make %{?jobs:-j%{jobs}}
 %__make install
@@ -473,6 +472,7 @@ export PATH="${SWIG_ROOT}/bin:${PATH}"
 %configure \
 	--with-editor="vim -c 'set tw=72 et' " \
 	--with-neon=%{_prefix} \
+        %{?_with_subversion_libserf_support} \
 	--with-apr=%{_prefix} \
 	--with-apr-util=%{_prefix} \
 	--with-apxs=%{apxs} \