diff --git a/Mesa.changes b/Mesa.changes
index 4af6846..c853fbb 100644
--- a/Mesa.changes
+++ b/Mesa.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon May 14 20:45:34 CEST 2007 - sndirsch@suse.de
+
+- link-shared.diff:
+  * use shared lib for DRI drivers to save a lot of space (Bug 
+    #272875) 
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Apr 30 22:26:51 CEST 2007 - sndirsch@suse.de
 
diff --git a/Mesa.spec b/Mesa.spec
index b1f233b..248cc5d 100644
--- a/Mesa.spec
+++ b/Mesa.spec
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ Provides:       xorg-x11-Mesa
 Obsoletes:      xorg-x11-Mesa
 Autoreqprov:    on
 Version:        6.5.3
-Release:        6
+Release:        11
 Summary:        Mesa is a 3-D graphics library with an API which is very similar to that of OpenGL.*
 Source:         MesaLib-%{version}.tar.bz2
 Source1:        MesaDemos-%{version}.tar.bz2
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ Patch1:         dri_driver_dir.diff
 Patch2:         i915-crossbar.diff
 Patch4:         libIndirectGL.diff
 Patch5:         static.diff
+Patch6:         link-shared.diff
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 
 %description
@@ -115,6 +116,9 @@ rm -rf src/glw/
 %patch1
 %patch2
 %patch5
+%ifarch %ix86 x86_64 ppc
+%patch6
+%endif
 
 %build
 
@@ -216,6 +220,9 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 /usr/include/GL/
 /usr/%{_lib}/libGL.so
 /usr/%{_lib}/lib*.so.*
+%ifarch %ix86 x86_64 ppc
+/usr/%{_lib}/libmesa_private.so
+%endif
 %ifnarch s390 s390x ppc64
 /usr/%{_lib}/dri/
 %endif
@@ -233,6 +240,10 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 /usr/%{_lib}/libMesaGL.a
 
 %changelog
+* Mon May 14 2007 - sndirsch@suse.de
+- link-shared.diff:
+  * use shared lib for DRI drivers to save a lot of space (Bug
+  [#272875])
 * Mon Apr 30 2007 - sndirsch@suse.de
 - updated to Mesa 6.5.3
 - obsoletes the following patches:
diff --git a/link-shared.diff b/link-shared.diff
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dfdb8aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/link-shared.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+--- src/mesa/drivers/dri/Makefile.template
++++ src/mesa/drivers/dri/Makefile.template
+@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
+ # -*-makefile-*-
+ 
+-MESA_MODULES = $(TOP)/src/mesa/libmesa.a
++MESA_MODULES = $(TOP)/$(LIB_DIR)/libmesa_private.so
+ 
+ COMMON_SOURCES = \
+         ../../common/driverfuncs.c \
+--- src/mesa/Makefile
++++ src/mesa/Makefile
+@@ -57,7 +57,11 @@
+ 		mimeset -f "$@" ; \
+ 	fi
+ 
+-linux-solo: depend subdirs libmesa.a
++$(TOP)/$(LIB_DIR)/libmesa_private.so: $(SOLO_OBJECTS)
++	@ $(TOP)/bin/mklib -o mesa_private \
++		-install $(TOP)/$(LIB_DIR) $(SOLO_OBJECTS)
++
++linux-solo: depend subdirs libmesa.a $(TOP)/$(LIB_DIR)/libmesa_private.so
+ 	cd drivers/dri ; $(MAKE)
+ 
+ 
+@@ -161,6 +165,7 @@
+ 	@if [ "${DRIVER_DIRS}" = "dri" ] ; then \
+ 		cd drivers/dri ; $(MAKE) install ; \
+ 	fi
++	$(INSTALL) $(TOP)/$(LIB_DIR)/libmesa_private.* $(INSTALL_DIR)/$(LIB_DIR)
+ 
+ ## NOT INSTALLED YET:
+ ## $(INSTALL) -d $(INSTALL_DIR)/include/GLES