diff --git a/giflib-visibility.patch b/giflib-visibility.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6bdd494
--- /dev/null
+++ b/giflib-visibility.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+--- lib/gif_lib_private.h.orig
++++ lib/gif_lib_private.h
+@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@
+ #define IS_READABLE(Private)    (Private->FileState & FILE_STATE_READ)
+ #define IS_WRITEABLE(Private)   (Private->FileState & FILE_STATE_WRITE)
+ 
++#pragma GCC visibility push(hidden)
++
+ typedef struct GifFilePrivateType {
+     GifWord FileState, FileHandle,  /* Where all this data goes to! */
+       BitsPerPixel,     /* Bits per pixel (Codes uses at least this + 1). */
+@@ -55,5 +57,5 @@ typedef struct GifFilePrivateType {
+ } GifFilePrivateType;
+ 
+ extern int _GifError;
+-
++#pragma GCC visibility pop
+ #endif /* _GIF_LIB_PRIVATE_H */
+--- lib/getarg.h.orig
++++ lib/getarg.h
+@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
+ #define CMD_ERR_NumRead   4    /* Failed on reading number. */
+ #define CMD_ERR_AllSatis  5    /* Fail to satisfy (must-'!') option. */
+ 
++#pragma GCC visibility push(hidden)
++
+ #ifdef HAVE_STDARG_H
+ int GAGetArgs(int argc, char **argv, char *CtrlStr, ...);
+ #elif defined (HAVE_VARARGS_H)
+@@ -25,4 +27,5 @@ int GAGetArgs(int va_alist, ...);
+ void GAPrintErrMsg(int Error);
+ void GAPrintHowTo(char *CtrlStr);
+ 
++#pragma GCC visibility pop
+ #endif /* _GETARG_H */
+--- lib/gif_hash.h.orig
++++ lib/gif_hash.h
+@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@
+ #define HT_PUT_KEY(l)	(l << 12)
+ #define HT_PUT_CODE(l)	(l & 0x0FFF)
+ 
++#pragma GCC visibility push(hidden)
++
+ typedef struct GifHashTableType {
+     UINT32 HTable[HT_SIZE];
+ } GifHashTableType;
+@@ -56,4 +58,6 @@ void _ClearHashTable(GifHashTableType *H
+ void _InsertHashTable(GifHashTableType *HashTable, UINT32 Key, int Code);
+ int _ExistsHashTable(GifHashTableType *HashTable, UINT32 Key);
+ 
++#pragma GCC visibility pop
++
+ #endif /* _GIF_HASH_H_ */
+--- Makefile.am.orig
++++ Makefile.am
+@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
++ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I m4
+ SUBDIRS = lib util doc pic
+ WINDOWS = $(top_srcdir)/windows/GifWin.cpp \
+ 	  $(top_srcdir)/windows/GifWin.h \
+--- configure.ac.orig
++++ configure.ac
+@@ -3,11 +3,14 @@ AC_INIT(giflib, [4.1.6], [abadger1999@so
+ AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([lib/dgif_lib.c])
+ AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([gnu check-news dist-bzip2 -Wall])
+ AM_CONFIG_HEADER(config.h)
++AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([m4])
+ 
+ dnl Checks for programs.
+-AC_PROG_LIBTOOL
+-AC_PROG_CC
++AC_PROG_CC_STDC
++AC_USE_SYSTEM_EXTENSIONS
++AC_SYS_LARGEFILE
+ AC_PROG_CPP
++LT_INIT([pic-only disable-static])
+ AC_PROG_INSTALL
+ AC_PROG_LN_S
+ AC_PROG_MAKE_SET
+--- lib/Makefile.am.orig
++++ lib/Makefile.am
+@@ -21,6 +21,6 @@ libgif_la_SOURCES = dev2gif.c   \
+                     quantize.c  \
+ 					gif_lib_private.h
+ 
+-libgif_la_LDFLAGS = -version-info 5:6:1
++libgif_la_LDFLAGS = -no-undefined -version-info 5:6:1
+ libgif_la_LIBADD = @DEVS@
+ libgif_CFLAGS = $(X_CFLAGS) $(AM_CFLAGS)
diff --git a/giflib.changes b/giflib.changes
index 01f1d9f..3049e1c 100644
--- a/giflib.changes
+++ b/giflib.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,14 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Oct 10 02:57:31 UTC 2011 - crrodriguez@opensuse.org
+
+- annotate functions from gif_lib_private.h with visibility
+  hidden so they are not exported.
+
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sat Oct  1 05:39:13 UTC 2011 - coolo@suse.com
+
+- add libtool as buildrequire to make the spec file more reliable
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Sep 21 10:59:15 UTC 2011 - jengelh@medozas.de
 
diff --git a/giflib.spec b/giflib.spec
index 37661a2..6a012d1 100644
--- a/giflib.spec
+++ b/giflib.spec
@@ -20,15 +20,17 @@
 Name:           giflib
 %define lname	libgif4
 BuildRequires:  xorg-x11-libICE-devel xorg-x11-libSM-devel xorg-x11-libX11-devel xorg-x11-libXau-devel xorg-x11-libXdmcp-devel xorg-x11-libXt-devel
+BuildRequires:  libtool
 License:        MIT
 Group:          System/Libraries
-URL:            http://sourceforge.net/projects/libungif
+Url:            http://sourceforge.net/projects/giflib
 Version:        4.1.6
 Release:        23
 Summary:        A Library for Working with GIF Images
 Source:         giflib-%{version}.tar.bz2
 Source2:        baselibs.conf
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
+Patch:          giflib-visibility.patch
 
 %description
 This Library allows manipulating GIF Image files. Since the LZW patents
@@ -84,6 +86,7 @@ have expired, giflib can again be used instead of libungif.
 
 %prep
 %setup -q
+%patch
 
 %build
 # USE __TIMESTAMP__ instead of __DATE__ , __TIME__
@@ -96,7 +99,7 @@ for file in `find util -name "*.c"`; do
     rm -v $file.stamp
 done
 
-autoreconf -fiv
+mkdir m4;autoreconf -fiv
 %configure --disable-static --with-pic --x-libraries=%{_libdir}
 make %{?_smp_mflags}
 
@@ -109,6 +112,7 @@ ln -sf libungif.so.%{version} $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_libdir}/libungif.so
 #ln -sf libgif.a $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_libdir}/libungif.a
 rm -f %{buildroot}%{_libdir}/*.la
 find doc -name "Makefile*" -print -delete
+nm -C -D %{buildroot}%{_libdir}/lib*.so
 
 %post -n %lname -p /sbin/ldconfig