diff --git a/paraview.changes b/paraview.changes
index 08c3cd8..29a1187 100644
--- a/paraview.changes
+++ b/paraview.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue May  5 17:56:54 UTC 2020 - Atri Bhattacharya <badshah400@gmail.com>
+
+- Disable the Paraview Protobuf module for openSUSE:Leap <= 15.1,
+  as the FindProtobuf module bundled with cmake < 3.13 is
+  incompatible with the requirements here.
+- Package static libraries as part of devel-static package; this
+  is needed, for example, to build plugins against paraview. See
+  https://gitlab.kitware.com/paraview/paraview/-/issues/19706#note_746038.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Apr  8 18:26:31 UTC 2020 - Christoph G <foss@grueninger.de>
 
diff --git a/paraview.spec b/paraview.spec
index 35c7227..db11c15 100644
--- a/paraview.spec
+++ b/paraview.spec
@@ -29,6 +29,12 @@
 # Need patched version with HPDF_SHADING
 %bcond_with    haru
 
+%if 0%{?suse_version} == 1500 && 0%{?sle_version} <= 150100
+%bcond_with    protobuf
+%else
+%bcond_without protobuf
+%endif
+
 %define __builder ninja
 
 Name:           paraview
@@ -112,7 +118,9 @@ BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libtiff-4)
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(netcdf)
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(ogg)
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(openssl)
+%if %{with protobuf}
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(protobuf) >= 2.6.0
+%endif
 %if %{with pugixml}
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(pugixml)
 %endif
@@ -165,6 +173,15 @@ Requires:       python3-matplotlib
 Requires:       python3-numpy
 Requires:       python3-qt5
 
+%package devel-static
+Summary:        Static libraries for Paraview, needed to building plugins
+Group:          Productivity/Scientific/Physics
+Requires:       %{name}-devel = %{version}
+
+%description devel-static
+This package contains the static libraries for Paraview, needed, for
+example, to build plugins for paraview.
+
 %description -n python3-paraview
 This package provides the python(3) bindings and modules for paraview.
 
@@ -204,7 +221,9 @@ sed -Ei "1{s|#!/usr/bin/env python3|#!/usr/bin/python3|}" Clients/CommandLineExe
        -DPARAVIEW_BUILD_WITH_EXTERNAL:BOOL=ON \
        -DVTK_MODULE_USE_EXTERNAL_VTK_gl2ps=%{?with_gl2ps:ON}%{!?with_gl2ps:OFF} \
        -DVTK_MODULE_USE_EXTERNAL_VTK_libharu=%{?with_haru:ON}%{!?with_haru:OFF} \
-       -DVTK_MODULE_USE_EXTERNAL_VTK_pugixml=%{?with_pugixml:ON}%{!?with_pugixml:OFF}
+       -DVTK_MODULE_USE_EXTERNAL_VTK_pugixml=%{?with_pugixml:ON}%{!?with_pugixml:OFF} \
+       -DVTK_MODULE_ENABLE_ParaView_protobuf=%{?with_protobuf:YES}%{!?with_protobuf:NO} \
+       -DVTK_MODULE_ENABLE_ParaView_RemotingServerManager=%{?with_protobuf:YES}%{!?with_protobuf:NO} 
 
 %cmake_build
 
@@ -214,7 +233,6 @@ find . \( -name \*.txt -o -name \*.xml -o -name '*.[ch]' -o -name '*.[ch][px][px
 %cmake_install
 
 # UNNECESSARY STATIC LIBS
-rm -fr %{buildroot}%{_libdir}/*.a
 rm %{buildroot}%{_libdir}/%{name}-%{major_ver}/plugins/GeodesicMeasurement/libFmmMesh.a
 
 # INSTALL DOCUMENTATION USED BY THE HELP MENU IN MAIN APP
@@ -258,6 +276,9 @@ rm %{buildroot}%{_bindir}/paraview-config
 %{_bindir}/vtk*
 %{_includedir}/%{name}*
 
+%files devel-static
+%{_libdir}/*.a
+
 %files -n python3-paraview
 %{python3_sitearch}/%{name}/