diff --git a/libtorrent-rasterbar.changes b/libtorrent-rasterbar.changes
index eae5cee..8b41b6c 100644
--- a/libtorrent-rasterbar.changes
+++ b/libtorrent-rasterbar.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Apr 21 11:51:34 UTC 2022 - Luigi Baldoni <aloisio@gmx.com>
+
+- Fix pkgconfig file for Leap 15.4
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sat Apr 16 14:49:34 UTC 2022 - Luigi Baldoni <aloisio@gmx.com>
 
diff --git a/libtorrent-rasterbar.spec b/libtorrent-rasterbar.spec
index 9becf4e..7c9a335 100644
--- a/libtorrent-rasterbar.spec
+++ b/libtorrent-rasterbar.spec
@@ -136,6 +136,10 @@ install -Dm0755 build/examples/dump_torrent build/examples/make_torrent \
 
 %fdupes %{buildroot}%{python3_sitearch}
 
+# quick and dirty fix until upstream gh#arvidn/libtorrent#6830 is addressed
+sed -e 's/\-l\-pthread/\-pthread/' \
+    -i %{buildroot}%{_libdir}/pkgconfig/%{name}.pc
+
 %if %{with tests}
 %check
 export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$PWD/build