diff --git a/baselibs.conf b/baselibs.conf
index 8d2fa93..2e8dd7a 100644
--- a/baselibs.conf
+++ b/baselibs.conf
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-libicu61_1
+libicu-suse61_1
 libicu-devel
 	requires -libicu-<targettype>
-	requires "libicu61_1-<targettype> = <version>"
+	requires "libicu-suse61_1-<targettype> = <version>"
diff --git a/icu-susevers.diff b/icu-susevers.diff
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e7b2bf4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/icu-susevers.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+From: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@inai.de>
+Date: 2018-06-04 09:47:12.535168981 +0200
+References: http://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1095425
+
+Because of bug #1095425, IS_UTF8=0 is wanted. Since that changes the C++ABI of
+class UnicodeString, the library would become incompatible to a default build
+that 3rd party programs might expect, and so we need to change the SO
+identifier to something unique.
+
+---
+ source/common/unicode/platform.h |    2 +-
+ source/icudefs.mk.in             |    2 +-
+ 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
+
+Index: icu/source/common/unicode/platform.h
+===================================================================
+--- icu.orig/source/common/unicode/platform.h
++++ icu/source/common/unicode/platform.h
+@@ -632,7 +632,7 @@ namespace std {
+ #ifdef U_CHARSET_IS_UTF8
+     /* Use the predefined value. */
+ #elif U_PLATFORM_IS_LINUX_BASED || U_PLATFORM_IS_DARWIN_BASED
+-#   define U_CHARSET_IS_UTF8 1
++#   define U_CHARSET_IS_UTF8 0
+ #else
+ #   define U_CHARSET_IS_UTF8 0
+ #endif
+Index: icu/source/icudefs.mk.in
+===================================================================
+--- icu.orig/source/icudefs.mk.in
++++ icu/source/icudefs.mk.in
+@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ PACKAGE_ICU_URL = "http://icu-project.or
+ PACKAGE = @PACKAGE@
+ VERSION = @VERSION@
+ UNICODE_VERSION = @UNICODE_VERSION@
+-SO_TARGET_VERSION = @LIB_VERSION@
++SO_TARGET_VERSION = suse@LIB_VERSION@
+ SO_TARGET_VERSION_MAJOR = @LIB_VERSION_MAJOR@
+ 
+ # The ICU data external name is usually icudata; the entry point name is
diff --git a/icu.changes b/icu.changes
index 019a6d6..9437fc1 100644
--- a/icu.changes
+++ b/icu.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Jun  4 07:53:56 UTC 2018 - jengelh@inai.de
+
+- Add icu-susevers.diff and disable UTF-8 assumption
+  [boo#1095425]
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Apr  4 20:22:42 UTC 2018 - jengelh@inai.de
 
diff --git a/icu.spec b/icu.spec
index c8d2c48..6ea79f0 100644
--- a/icu.spec
+++ b/icu.spec
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 #
 
 
-%define lname	libicu61_1
+%define lname	libicu-suse61_1
 %define amajor   61
 %define aversion 61_1
 %ifarch %armb hppa mips mips64 ppc ppc64 %sparc s390 s390x m68k
@@ -34,7 +34,8 @@ Url:            http://icu-project.org/
 Source:         http://download.icu-project.org/files/icu4c/%version/icu4c-%aversion-src.tgz
 Source2:        http://download.icu-project.org/files/icu4c/%version/icu4c-%aversion-docs.zip
 Source100:      baselibs.conf
-Patch3:         icu-versioning.diff
+Patch2:         icu-versioning.diff
+Patch3:         icu-susevers.diff
 Patch4:         icu-fix-install-mode-files.diff
 Patch6:         icu-error-reporting.diff
 Patch7:         icu-avoid-x87-excess-precision.diff
@@ -139,7 +140,7 @@ This package contains the HTML documentation.
 
 %prep
 %setup -q -n icu
-%patch -P 3 -P 4 -P 6 -P 7 -P 8 -P 9 -p1
+%patch -P 2 -P 3 -P 4 -P 6 -P 7 -P 8 -P 9 -p1
 # docs are special
 mkdir html
 pushd html/