diff --git a/pycurl-no-runtime-curlvercheck.patch b/pycurl-no-runtime-curlvercheck.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f291b48
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pycurl-no-runtime-curlvercheck.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+--- pycurl-7.19.0.orig/src/pycurl.c
++++ pycurl-7.19.0/src/pycurl.c
+@@ -3450,7 +3450,7 @@ initpycurl(void)
+ 
+     /* Add version strings to the module */
+     insstr(d, "version", curl_version());
+-    insstr(d, "COMPILE_DATE", __DATE__ " " __TIME__);
++    //insstr(d, "COMPILE_DATE", __DATE__ " " __TIME__);
+     insint(d, "COMPILE_PY_VERSION_HEX", PY_VERSION_HEX);
+     insint(d, "COMPILE_LIBCURL_VERSION_NUM", LIBCURL_VERSION_NUM);
+ 
+@@ -3883,6 +3883,7 @@ initpycurl(void)
+     insint_s(d, "LOCK_DATA_COOKIE", CURL_LOCK_DATA_COOKIE);
+     insint_s(d, "LOCK_DATA_DNS", CURL_LOCK_DATA_DNS);
+ 
++#if 0
+     /* Check the version, as this has caused nasty problems in
+      * some cases. */
+     vi = curl_version_info(CURLVERSION_NOW);
+@@ -3894,6 +3895,7 @@ initpycurl(void)
+         Py_FatalError("pycurl: libcurl link-time version is older than compile-time version");
+         assert(0);
+     }
++#endif
+ 
+     /* Initialize callback locks if ssl is enabled */
+ #if defined(PYCURL_NEED_SSL_TSL)
diff --git a/python-pycurl.changes b/python-pycurl.changes
index de67af9..1ffc24f 100644
--- a/python-pycurl.changes
+++ b/python-pycurl.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Aug 30 18:07:30 UTC 2013 - crrodriguez@opensuse.org
+
+- remove runtime curl version check and __DATE__ __TIME__ usage 
+  (pycurl-no-runtime-curlvercheck.patch)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Apr  5 13:16:51 UTC 2013 - idonmez@suse.com
 
diff --git a/python-pycurl.spec b/python-pycurl.spec
index 4f2fa18..9fd588a 100644
--- a/python-pycurl.spec
+++ b/python-pycurl.spec
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ License:        LGPL-2.1+ and MIT
 Group:          Development/Languages/Python
 Source:         http://pycurl.sourceforge.net/download/pycurl-%{version}.tar.gz
 Patch0:         pycurl-7.18.1-nostaticlibs.patch
+Patch1:         pycurl-no-runtime-curlvercheck.patch
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 BuildRequires:  libcurl-devel >= 7.19.0
 BuildRequires:  openssl-devel
@@ -52,7 +53,7 @@ This package contains documentation and examples.
 %prep
 %setup -q -n pycurl-%{version}
 %patch0
-
+%patch1 -p1
 %build
 CFLAGS="%{optflags}" python setup.py build