diff --git a/proj.changes b/proj.changes
index 5d00930..9c4668e 100644
--- a/proj.changes
+++ b/proj.changes
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
-Sat Mar 19 00:00:00 UTC 2011 - dassau@gbd-consult.de
+Thu Aug 18 11:15:07 UTC 2011 - otto.dassau@gmx.de
+
+- added a static devel package, because GRASS and QGIS don't find 
+  the external PROJ.4 data directory anymore
+
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sat Mar 19 00:00:00 UTC 2011 - Otto Dassau 4.7.0
 
 - removed debug_package
 
diff --git a/proj.spec b/proj.spec
index c4d3b72..c1fb7eb 100644
--- a/proj.spec
+++ b/proj.spec
@@ -41,6 +41,12 @@ Summary:        Development files for PROJ
 Group:          Development/Libraries/C and C++
 Requires:       libproj0 = %{version}
 
+%package -n libproj-devel-static
+
+Summary:        Static Development files for PROJ
+Group:          Development/Libraries/C and C++
+Requires:       libproj0 = %{version}
+
 %description -n libproj0
 This package the library for performing respective
 forward and inverse transformation of cartographic data to or from cartesian
@@ -54,6 +60,9 @@ data with a wide range of selectable projection functions.
 %description -n libproj-devel
 This package contains libproj and the appropriate header files and man pages.
 
+%description -n libproj-devel-static
+This package contains static libraries files.
+
 %prep
 %setup -q -b 0 -n proj-%{version}
 cd nad
@@ -65,7 +74,6 @@ make
 
 %install
 %makeinstall
-rm -f %{buildroot}%{_libdir}/*.la
 
 %post -n libproj0 -p /sbin/ldconfig
 
@@ -93,4 +101,8 @@ rm -f %{buildroot}%{_libdir}/*.la
 %{_includedir}/*.h
 %{_libdir}/*.so
 
+%files -n libproj-devel-static
+%defattr(0644,root,root)
+%{_libdir}/*.la
+
 %changelog