diff --git a/graphite2-arm.patch b/graphite2-arm.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..522537a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/graphite2-arm.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+--- tests/CMakeLists.txt.orig
++++ tests/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -39,14 +39,12 @@ if (${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} STREQUAL "Windo
+                             COMPILE_DEFINITIONS "GRAPHITE2_STATIC;GRAPHITE2_NTRACING;_SCL_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS;_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS;UNICODE")
+ else (${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} STREQUAL "Windows")
+     set_target_properties(graphite2-base PROPERTIES 
+-        COMPILE_FLAGS       "-Wall -Wextra -fdiagnostics-show-option -fno-rtti -fno-exceptions -fno-stack-protector"
++        COMPILE_FLAGS       "-Wall -Wextra -fdiagnostics-show-option -fno-rtti -fno-exceptions"
+         COMPILE_DEFINITIONS "GRAPHITE2_STATIC"
+-        LINK_FLAGS          "-nodefaultlibs" 
+         LINKER_LANGUAGE     C)
+     set_target_properties(graphite2-segcache PROPERTIES 
+-        COMPILE_FLAGS       "-Wall -Wextra -fdiagnostics-show-option -fno-rtti -fno-exceptions -fno-stack-protector"
++        COMPILE_FLAGS       "-Wall -Wextra -fdiagnostics-show-option -fno-rtti -fno-exceptions"
+         COMPILE_DEFINITIONS "GRAPHITE2_STATIC;GRAPHITE2_NTRACING"
+-        LINK_FLAGS          "-nodefaultlibs" 
+         LINKER_LANGUAGE     C)
+ endif (${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} STREQUAL "Windows")
+ 
+--- gr2fonttest/CMakeLists.txt.orig
++++ gr2fonttest/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ target_link_libraries(gr2fonttest graphi
+ if  (${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} STREQUAL "Linux")
+     # -lgcc LINKER_LANGUAGE C
+     add_definitions(-fno-rtti -fno-exceptions)
+-    set_target_properties(gr2fonttest PROPERTIES LINK_FLAGS "-nodefaultlibs" LINKER_LANGUAGE C)
++    set_target_properties(gr2fonttest PROPERTIES LINKER_LANGUAGE C)
+     set(CMAKE_CXX_IMPLICIT_LINK_LIBRARIES "")
+     # This script just fails
+     nolib_test(stdc++ $<TARGET_FILE:gr2fonttest>)
diff --git a/graphite2.changes b/graphite2.changes
index 1080fb9..ef6a196 100644
--- a/graphite2.changes
+++ b/graphite2.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Nov 28 16:36:00 UTC 2012 - crrodriguez@opensuse.org
+
+- graphite2-arm.patch :Fix build in arm and possible other platforms, we should
+  notuse -nodefaultlibs as a linker flag and let the system
+  do its job automatically.
+- freetype-devel should be freetype2-devel
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Nov 13 08:55:33 UTC 2012 - cfarrell@suse.com
 
diff --git a/graphite2.spec b/graphite2.spec
index a4e0710..376904b 100644
--- a/graphite2.spec
+++ b/graphite2.spec
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 #
-#
 # spec file for package graphite2
 #
 # Copyright (c) 2012 SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
@@ -22,16 +21,17 @@
 Name:           graphite2
 Version:        1.2.0
 Release:        0
-License:        LGPL-2.1+ or GPL-2.0+ or MPL-1.1
 Summary:        Font rendering capabilities for complex non-Roman writing systems
-Url:            http://sourceforge.net/projects/silgraphite/
+License:        LGPL-2.1+ or GPL-2.0+ or MPL-1.1
 Group:          Productivity/Publishing/Word
+Url:            http://sourceforge.net/projects/silgraphite/
 Source0:        http://downloads.sourceforge.net/silgraphite/graphite2-%{version}.tgz
-BuildRequires:  pkgconfig
 BuildRequires:  cmake
+BuildRequires:  freetype2-devel
 BuildRequires:  gcc-c++
-BuildRequires:  freetype-devel
+BuildRequires:  pkgconfig
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
+Patch0:         graphite2-arm.patch
 
 %description
 Graphite2 is a project within SIL’s Non-Roman Script Initiative and Language
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ system implementation.
 Summary:        Files for Developing with %{name}
 Group:          Development/Libraries/C and C++
 Requires:       %{libname} = %{version}
+Requires:       glibc-devel
 
 %description devel
 Graphite2 is a project within SIL’s Non-Roman Script Initiative and Language
@@ -70,10 +71,11 @@ This package contains the libexttextcat development files.
 
 %prep
 %setup -q
-
+%patch0
 %build
 cmake \
-	-DCMAKE_C_FLAGS:STRING="%{optflags}" \
+	-DCMAKE_C_FLAGS:STRING="%{optflags} -D_GNU_SOURCE" \
+	-DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS:STRING="%{optflags} -D_GNU_SOURCE" \
 	-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo \
 	-DCMAKE_SKIP_RPATH=ON \
 	-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=%{_prefix} \
@@ -83,12 +85,12 @@ cmake \
 %endif
 	-DGRAPHITE2_COMPARE_RENDERER=OFF \
 	-DVM_MACHINE_TYPE=direct \
-	.
+	-DCMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE=ON
+
 make %{?_smp_mflags}
 
 %install
 make DESTDIR=%{buildroot} install
-
 rm %{buildroot}%{_libdir}/*.la
 
 %post -n %{libname} -p /sbin/ldconfig