diff --git a/gdal-libproj.patch b/gdal-libproj.patch
index 795cee6..84ed727 100644
--- a/gdal-libproj.patch
+++ b/gdal-libproj.patch
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ diff -rup a/ogr/ogrct.cpp b/ogr/ogrct.cpp
  #  define LIBNAME      "libproj.dylib"
  #else
 -#  define LIBNAME      "libproj.so"
-+#  define LIBNAME      "libproj.so.9"
++#  define LIBNAME      "libproj.so.12"
  #endif
  
  /************************************************************************/
diff --git a/gdal.changes b/gdal.changes
index bf62d14..b6ee415 100644
--- a/gdal.changes
+++ b/gdal.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Oct 17 19:00:00 UTC 2016 - Angelos Tzotsos <tzotsos@opensuse.org>
+
+- Packaging changes
+  - Fixed gdal-libproj.patch to point to libproj.so.12
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Sep 30 16:00:00 UTC 2016 - Angelos Tzotsos <tzotsos@opensuse.org>