diff --git a/superlu-examples_Makefile_remove_itersol.patch b/superlu-examples_Makefile_remove_itersol.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2a28c2b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/superlu-examples_Makefile_remove_itersol.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,115 @@
+--- EXAMPLE/Makefile	2019-02-08 09:57:41.220000000 +0100
++++ EXAMPLE/Makefile.patched	2019-02-08 10:23:18.464000000 +0100
+@@ -40,8 +40,6 @@
+ SLINXEXM1 	= slinsolx1.o
+ SLINXEXM2	= slinsolx2.o
+ SLINXEXM3	= slinsolx3.o
+-SITSOL	     	= sitersol.o sfgmr.o
+-SITSOL1	     	= sitersol1.o sfgmr.o
+ 
+ DLINEXM		= dlinsol.o
+ DLINEXM1	= dlinsol1.o
+@@ -50,8 +48,6 @@
+ DLINXEXM2 	= dlinsolx2.o
+ DLINXEXM3 	= dlinsolx3.o
+ SUPERLUEXM 	= superlu.o sp_ienv.o
+-DITSOL	     	= ditersol.o dfgmr.o
+-DITSOL1	     	= ditersol1.o dfgmr.o
+ 
+ CLINEXM 	= clinsol.o
+ CLINEXM1 	= clinsol1.o
+@@ -59,8 +55,6 @@
+ CLINXEXM1 	= clinsolx1.o
+ CLINXEXM2 	= clinsolx2.o
+ CLINXEXM3 	= clinsolx3.o
+-CITSOL	     	= citersol.o cfgmr.o
+-CITSOL1	     	= citersol1.o cfgmr.o
+ 
+ ZLINEXM 	= zlinsol.o
+ ZLINEXM1 	= zlinsol1.o
+@@ -68,20 +62,17 @@
+ ZLINXEXM1 	= zlinsolx1.o
+ ZLINXEXM2 	= zlinsolx2.o
+ ZLINXEXM3 	= zlinsolx3.o
+-ZITSOL	     	= zitersol.o zfgmr.o
+-ZITSOL1	     	= zitersol1.o zfgmr.o
+ 
+ 
+ all:    single double complex complex16
+ 
+-single:    slinsol slinsol1 slinsolx slinsolx1 slinsolx2 slinsolx3 \
+-		sitersol sitersol1
++single:    slinsol slinsol1 slinsolx slinsolx1 slinsolx2 slinsolx3 
++
+ double:    dlinsol dlinsol1 dlinsolx dlinsolx1 dlinsolx2 dlinsolx3 \
+-		superlu ditersol ditersol1
+-complex:   clinsol clinsol1 clinsolx clinsolx1 clinsolx2 clinsolx3 \
+-		citersol citersol1
+-complex16: zlinsol zlinsol1 zlinsolx zlinsolx1 zlinsolx2 zlinsolx3 \
+-		zitersol zitersol1
++		superlu
++complex:   clinsol clinsol1 clinsolx clinsolx1 clinsolx2 clinsolx3 
++
++complex16: zlinsol zlinsol1 zlinsolx zlinsolx1 zlinsolx2 zlinsolx3 
+ 
+ slinsol: $(SLINEXM) $(SUPERLULIB)
+ 	$(LOADER) $(LOADOPTS) $(SLINEXM) $(LIBS) -lm -o $@
+@@ -101,11 +92,6 @@
+ slinsolx3: $(SLINXEXM3) $(SUPERLULIB)
+ 	$(LOADER) $(LOADOPTS) $(SLINXEXM3) $(LIBS) -lm -o $@
+ 
+-sitersol: $(SITSOL) $(SUPERLULIB)
+-	$(LOADER) $(LOADOPTS) $(SITSOL) $(LIBS) -lm -o $@
+-
+-sitersol1: $(SITSOL1) $(SUPERLULIB)
+-	$(LOADER) $(LOADOPTS) $(SITSOL1) $(LIBS) -lm -o $@
+ 
+ dlinsol: $(DLINEXM) $(SUPERLULIB)
+ 	$(LOADER) $(LOADOPTS) $(DLINEXM) $(LIBS) -lm -o $@
+@@ -128,12 +114,6 @@
+ superlu: $(SUPERLUEXM) $(SUPERLULIB)
+ 	$(LOADER) $(LOADOPTS) $(SUPERLUEXM) $(LIBS) -lm -o $@
+ 
+-ditersol: $(DITSOL) $(SUPERLULIB)
+-	$(LOADER) $(LOADOPTS) $(DITSOL) $(LIBS) -lm -o $@
+-
+-ditersol1: $(DITSOL1) $(SUPERLULIB)
+-	$(LOADER) $(LOADOPTS) $(DITSOL1) $(LIBS) -lm -o $@
+-
+ clinsol: $(CLINEXM) $(SUPERLULIB)
+ 	$(LOADER) $(LOADOPTS) $(CLINEXM) $(LIBS) -lm -o $@
+ 
+@@ -152,12 +132,6 @@
+ clinsolx3: $(CLINXEXM3) $(SUPERLULIB)
+ 	$(LOADER) $(LOADOPTS) $(CLINXEXM3) $(LIBS) -lm -o $@
+ 
+-citersol: $(CITSOL) $(SUPERLULIB)
+-	$(LOADER) $(LOADOPTS) $(CITSOL) $(LIBS) -lm -o $@
+-
+-citersol1: $(CITSOL1) $(SUPERLULIB)
+-	$(LOADER) $(LOADOPTS) $(CITSOL1) $(LIBS) -lm -o $@
+-
+ zlinsol: $(ZLINEXM) $(SUPERLULIB)
+ 	$(LOADER) $(LOADOPTS) $(ZLINEXM) $(LIBS) -lm -o $@
+ 
+@@ -176,11 +150,6 @@
+ zlinsolx3: $(ZLINXEXM3) $(SUPERLULIB)
+ 	$(LOADER) $(LOADOPTS) $(ZLINXEXM3) $(LIBS) -lm -o $@
+ 
+-zitersol: $(ZITSOL) $(SUPERLULIB)
+-	$(LOADER) $(LOADOPTS) $(ZITSOL) $(LIBS) -lm -o $@
+-
+-zitersol1: $(ZITSOL1) $(SUPERLULIB)
+-	$(LOADER) $(LOADOPTS) $(ZITSOL1) $(LIBS) -lm -o $@
+ 
+ .c.o:
+ 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(CDEFS) -I$(HEADER) -c $< $(VERBOSE)
+@@ -190,7 +159,7 @@
+ 
+ clean:	
+ 	rm -f *.o *linsol *linsol1 *linsolx *linsolx1 *linsolx2 *linsolx3 \
+-	    superlu *itersol *itersol1
++	    superlu
+ 
+ 
+ 
diff --git a/superlu-make.linux.patch b/superlu-make.linux.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6fccfad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/superlu-make.linux.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+--- MAKE_INC/make.linux	2016-05-22 17:58:44.000000000 +0200
++++ MAKE_INC/make.linux.patched	2019-02-08 10:35:38.740265921 +0100
+@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@
+ #
+ #  The name of the libraries to be created/linked to
+ #
+-SuperLUroot	= $(HOME)/Dropbox/Codes/SuperLU/SuperLU
+-SUPERLULIB   	= $(SuperLUroot)/lib/libsuperlu_5.1.a
++SuperLUroot	= /usr
++SUPERLULIB = /usr/lib/hpc/gnu7/superlu/5.?.?/lib64/libsuperlu.so
+ 
+ #BLASLIB   	= $(SuperLUroot)/lib/libblas.a
+ 
diff --git a/superlu.changes b/superlu.changes
index 5e28412..24d57af 100644
--- a/superlu.changes
+++ b/superlu.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Feb  8 09:40:33 UTC 2019 - Antoine Ginies <aginies@suse.com>
+
+- get a buildable examples test suite (bsc#1124765)
+    fixing Makefile
+    adding missing make.inc
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Jan 22 11:58:01 UTC 2019 - eich@suse.com
 
diff --git a/superlu.spec b/superlu.spec
index a3344d1..98d24e9 100644
--- a/superlu.spec
+++ b/superlu.spec
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 # license that conforms to the Open Source Definition (Version 1.9)
 # published by the Open Source Initiative.
 
-# Please submit bugfixes or comments via https://bugs.opensuse.org/
+# Please submit bugfixes or comments via http://bugs.opensuse.org/
 #
 
 
@@ -76,6 +76,8 @@ Patch2:         superlu-4.3-dont-opt-away.diff
 # from the original sources for legal reasons. This patch disables the inclusion of
 # this routine in the library which, however, remains fully functional
 Patch3:         superlu-5.2-remove-mc64ad.patch
+Patch4:         superlu-examples_Makefile_remove_itersol.patch
+Patch5:         superlu-make.linux.patch
 URL:            http://crd.lbl.gov/~xiaoye/SuperLU/
 BuildRequires:  cmake >= 2.8.12
 BuildRequires:  fdupes
@@ -148,6 +150,8 @@ decomposition of sparse matrices.
 %patch1 -p1
 %patch2 -p1
 %patch3 -p1
+%patch4 -p0
+%patch5 -p0
 cp %SOURCE1 %SOURCE2 ./
 # Create baselibs.conf dynamically (non-HPC build only).
 %if %{without hpc}
@@ -178,6 +182,7 @@ make clean
 rm -rf *itersol* .gitignore
 cd ..
 mv EXAMPLE examples
+cp MAKE_INC/make.linux make.inc
 rm -f examples/.gitignore
 cp FORTRAN/README README.fortran
 %fdupes -s examples