diff --git a/audacity.changes b/audacity.changes
index f60bac8..b4fdedd 100644
--- a/audacity.changes
+++ b/audacity.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Aug 20 13:28:49 UTC 2020 - Dave Plater <davejplater@gmail.com>
+
+- Create symlink for libavformat, audacity looks for the major
+  version only and this no longer exists in openSUSE after 
+  ffmpeg-4.3.1. See boo#1175205
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sun Jul  5 13:07:34 UTC 2020 - Markus Reckwerth <marec@detebe.org>
 
diff --git a/audacity.spec b/audacity.spec
index 4e43119..61fe748 100644
--- a/audacity.spec
+++ b/audacity.spec
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@
 #
 
 
+%define avfmtmaj %(pkg-config --modversion libavformat|cut -d . -f 1)
+%define avfmtvers %(pkg-config --modversion libavformat)
+%define avfmtversion %(pkg-config --modversion libavformat|tr -d .)
+
 Name:           audacity
 Version:        2.4.2
 Release:        0
@@ -146,12 +150,24 @@ mv -f %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/pixmaps/gnome-mime-application-x-audacity-project.
 rm -rf %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/pixmaps/
 rm -rf %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/doc
 cp -v lib-src/portmixer/LICENSE.txt portmixer.LICENSE.txt
+
+# Audacity looks for the major version of libavformat but the symlink no longer exists
+# in openSUSE after version 58.45.100
+%if %{avfmtversion} >= 5845100
+pushd %{buildroot}%{_libdir}
+ln -s %{_libdir}/libavformat.so.%{avfmtvers} libavformat.so.%{avfmtmaj}
+popd
+%endif
+
 %find_lang %{name}
 
 %files plugins
 %license LICENSE.txt
 %dir %{_libdir}/%{name}
 %{_libdir}/%{name}/suil*.so
+%if %{avfmtversion} >= 5845100
+%{_libdir}/libavformat.so.%{avfmtmaj}
+%endif
 
 %files
 %defattr(-,root,root)