diff --git a/bnc780243_fix_build_script.diff b/bnc780243_fix_build_script.diff
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e56e0ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bnc780243_fix_build_script.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+Index: Source/setup_configure.py
+===================================================================
+--- Source/setup_configure.py	(revision 1471)
++++ Source/setup_configure.py	(revision 1472)
+@@ -873,7 +873,7 @@
+ 
+         rules.append( '%s : %s' % (target_filename, ' '.join( all_objects )) )
+         rules.append( '\t@echo Link %s' % (target_filename,) )
+-        rules.append( '\t@%%(LDSHARED)s -o %s %%(CCCFLAGS)s %s' % (target_filename, ' '.join( all_objects )) )
++        rules.append( '\t@%%(LDSHARED)s -o %s %%(CCCFLAGS)s %s %%(LDLIBS)s' % (target_filename, ' '.join( all_objects )) )
+ 
+         self.makePrint( self.expand( '\n'.join( rules ) ) )
+ 
+@@ -1154,7 +1154,7 @@
+ 
+         self._addVar( 'CCCFLAGS',   ' '.join( py_cflags_list ) )
+         self._addVar( 'LDLIBS',     ' '.join( self._getLdLibs() ) )
+-        self._addVar( 'LDSHARED',   '%(CCC)s -shared -g %(LDLIBS)s' )
++        self._addVar( 'LDSHARED',   '%(CCC)s -shared -g' )
+ 
+ #--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ class LinuxCompilerGCC(UnixCompilerGCC):
diff --git a/python-pysvn.changes b/python-pysvn.changes
index 0a90029..ee1d160 100644
--- a/python-pysvn.changes
+++ b/python-pysvn.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Nov 22 11:17:40 UTC 2012 - robert.munteanu@gmail.com
+
+- Added patch for bnc#780243, cherry-picked from upstream r1742
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Apr 30 10:16:03 UTC 2012 - cfarrell@suse.com
 
diff --git a/python-pysvn.spec b/python-pysvn.spec
index 7e6c1d1..5442bc4 100644
--- a/python-pysvn.spec
+++ b/python-pysvn.spec
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ Group:          Development/Libraries/Python
 Url:            http://pysvn.tigris.org
 Source0:        http://pysvn.barrys-emacs.org/source_kits/pysvn-%{version}.tar.gz
 Patch0:         bnc445431_pysvn_svnenv.cpp.diff
+Patch1:         bnc780243_fix_build_script.diff
 BuildRequires:  gcc
 BuildRequires:  gcc-c++
 BuildRequires:  libcom_err-devel
@@ -59,6 +60,7 @@ Features:
 %prep
 %setup -q -n pysvn-%{version}
 %patch0 -p0
+%patch1 -p0
 # patch in rpm compiler flags
 sed -i 's/CCFLAGS=-Wall/CCFLAGS=$(RPM_OPT_FLAGS) -Wall -Wno-deprecated/g' Source/setup_configure.py
 
diff --git a/python3-pysvn.changes b/python3-pysvn.changes
index 56c5f7f..6ccf3e8 100644
--- a/python3-pysvn.changes
+++ b/python3-pysvn.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Nov 22 14:28:33 UTC 2012 - toddrme2178@gmail.com
+
+- Removed openSUSE 11.4 spec file workarounds
+
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Nov 22 11:17:40 UTC 2012 - robert.munteanu@gmail.com
+
+- Added patch for bnc#780243, cherry-picked from upstream r1742
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Apr 30 10:16:03 UTC 2012 - cfarrell@suse.com
 
diff --git a/python3-pysvn.spec b/python3-pysvn.spec
index bb8cb84..6729c36 100644
--- a/python3-pysvn.spec
+++ b/python3-pysvn.spec
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ Group:          Development/Libraries/Python
 Url:            http://pysvn.tigris.org
 Source0:        http://pysvn.barrys-emacs.org/source_kits/pysvn-%{version}.tar.gz
 Patch0:         bnc445431_pysvn_svnenv.cpp.diff
+Patch1:         bnc780243_fix_build_script.diff
 BuildRequires:  gcc-c++
 BuildRequires:  libcom_err-devel
 BuildRequires:  libexpat-devel
@@ -37,13 +38,9 @@ BuildRequires:  python3-xml
 BuildRequires:  subversion-devel
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(apr-1)
 Requires:       neon
+Requires:       python(abi) = %{py3_ver}
 Requires:       subversion
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
-%if 0%{?suse_version} <= 1140
-%{!?python3_sitearch: %global python3_sitearch %(python3 -c "from distutils.sysconfig import get_python_lib; print(get_python_lib(1))")}
-%{!?py3_ver: %global py3_ver %(python3 -c "import sys; version=str(sys.version_info[0]) + '.' + str(sys.version_info[1]); print(version)" 2>/dev/null || echo PYTHON-NOT-FOUND)}
-%endif
-Requires:       python3 >= %{py3_ver}
 
 %description
 pysvn is a highlevel and easy to use Python bindings to Subversion. The pysvn
@@ -62,6 +59,7 @@ Features:
 %prep
 %setup -q -n pysvn-%{version}
 %patch0 -p0
+%patch1 -p0
 # patch in rpm compiler flags
 sed -i 's/CCFLAGS=-Wall/CCFLAGS=$(RPM_OPT_FLAGS) -Wall -Wno-deprecated/g' Source/setup_configure.py