diff --git a/wine-relocate-base.patch b/wine-relocate-base.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..969c591
--- /dev/null
+++ b/wine-relocate-base.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+Prelink was used to rewrite binares and set their text segment, but
+modern linkers support setting the value at link time. Prelink is
+being retired by upstream.
+
+Signed-off-by: Michael Cronenworth <mike@cchtml.com>
+---
+ configure.ac            | 11 ++++++++---
+ tools/winegcc/winegcc.c | 11 +++++++++--
+ 2 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
+index de8cde5..f283802 100644
+--- a/configure.ac
++++ b/configure.ac
+@@ -988,10 +988,15 @@ wine-installed: main.o
+                            *) LDEXECFLAGS="$LDEXECFLAGS -Wl,--section-start,.interp=0x7bf00400" ;;
+                            esac
+                           ])
+-          AC_PATH_PROG(PRELINK, prelink, false, [/sbin /usr/sbin $PATH])
+-          if test "x$PRELINK" = xfalse
++          WINE_TRY_CFLAGS([-Wl,-Ttext-segment=0x7bc00000],
++                          [HAVE_TTEXT_SEGMENT="yes"])
++          if test "x$HAVE_TTEXT_SEGMENT" != "xyes"
+           then
+-              WINE_WARNING([prelink not found, base address of core dlls won't be set correctly.])
++              AC_PATH_PROG(PRELINK, prelink, false, [/sbin /usr/sbin $PATH])
++              if test "x$PRELINK" = xfalse
++              then
++                  WINE_WARNING([prelink not found and linker does not support relocation, base address of core dlls won't be set correctly.])
++              fi
+           fi
+           ;;
+       esac
+diff --git a/tools/winegcc/winegcc.c b/tools/winegcc/winegcc.c
+index 3b2794e..4acd12d 100644
+--- a/tools/winegcc/winegcc.c
++++ b/tools/winegcc/winegcc.c
+@@ -1134,6 +1134,12 @@ static void build(struct options* opts)
+         }
+         break;
+     default:
++        /* Try option first, modern linkers support this */
++        if (opts->image_base &&
++            !try_link(opts->prefix, link_args, strmake("-Wl,-Ttext-segment=%s", opts->image_base)))
++        {
++            strarray_add(link_args, strmake("-Wl,-Ttext-segment=%s", opts->image_base));
++        }
+         break;
+     }
+ 
+@@ -1167,8 +1173,9 @@ static void build(struct options* opts)
+     spawn(opts->prefix, link_args, 0);
+     strarray_free (link_args);
+ 
+-    /* set the base address */
+-    if (opts->image_base && !opts->target)
++    /* set the base address with prelink if linker support is not present */
++    if (opts->image_base && !opts->target &&
++        try_link(opts->prefix, link_args, strmake("-Wl,-Ttext-segment=%s", opts->image_base)))
+     {
+         const char *prelink = PRELINK;
+         if (prelink[0] && strcmp(prelink,"false"))
+-- 
+2.4.3
+
+
+
+
diff --git a/wine.changes b/wine.changes
index f304a7f..7b593b9 100644
--- a/wine.changes
+++ b/wine.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sat Oct 17 18:13:42 UTC 2015 - meissner@suse.com
+
+- remove prelink build dependency
+- wine-relocate-base.patch: Use the -Ttext-segment linker option to
+  specify the text segment start.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Oct 16 14:24:25 UTC 2015 - meissner@suse.com
 
diff --git a/wine.spec b/wine.spec
index 27c087a..1f25c5a 100644
--- a/wine.spec
+++ b/wine.spec
@@ -48,10 +48,6 @@ BuildRequires:  openal-soft-devel
 BuildRequires:  openldap2-devel
 BuildRequires:  openssl-devel
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig
-%ifarch  %{ix86} x86_64
-# only used on win32 and win64 today
-BuildRequires:  prelink
-%endif
 
 # Marcus: remove it in devel too if you remove it here.
 BuildRequires:  gcc48
@@ -80,6 +76,7 @@ Source7:        baselibs.conf
 # SUSE specific patches
 # - currently none, but add them here
 #Patch0:         susepatches.patch
+Patch1:         wine-relocate-base.patch
 Recommends:     wine-gecko >= 2.24
 Recommends:     wine-mp3
 # not packaged in distro...
@@ -126,6 +123,7 @@ libraries.
 %prep
 %setup -q
 #%patch0 -p1
+%patch1 -p1
 #
 cp %{S:3} .
 #