diff --git a/tig.changes b/tig.changes
index bb33e12..00b03b9 100644
--- a/tig.changes
+++ b/tig.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Aug 17 20:44:56 UTC 2012 - bernhard@bwalle.de
+
+- Link tig against ncursesw for correct display of non-ASCII
+  characters like German umlauts.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri May 11 20:46:32 UTC 2012 - pascal.bleser@opensuse.org
 
diff --git a/tig.spec b/tig.spec
index b039749..a2dac4d 100644
--- a/tig.spec
+++ b/tig.spec
@@ -46,9 +46,7 @@ showing the commit with the log message, diffstat, and the diff.
 %patch1
 
 %build
-CC=gcc
-CFLAGS="%{optflags} -Wall"
-export CFLAGS CC
+%configure
 make prefix=%{_prefix} mandir=%{_mandir}
 
 %install