diff --git a/quilt-stable-rebuild.patch b/quilt-stable-rebuild.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c91accc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/quilt-stable-rebuild.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+Index: quilt-0.51/Makefile.in
+===================================================================
+--- quilt-0.51.orig/Makefile.in
++++ quilt-0.51/Makefile.in
+@@ -227,8 +227,11 @@ doc/reference : bin/quilt $(QUILT:%=quil
+ 	@unset LANG LC_MESSAGES LC_CTYPE LC_ALL;			\
+ 	for i in $(QUILT);						\
+ 	do								\
++		echo $$i;						\
++	done | sort | while read j ;					\
++	do								\
+ 		echo;							\
+-		quilt $$i -h;						\
++		quilt $$j -h;						\
+ 		echo;							\
+ 	done |								\
+ 	$(SED) -e 's/\$$EDITOR ([^)]*)/$$EDITOR/'			\
diff --git a/quilt.changes b/quilt.changes
index 39a722d..71124c6 100644
--- a/quilt.changes
+++ b/quilt.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sat Feb 25 23:50:59 CET 2012 - meissner@suse.de
+
+- make rebuilding stable by sorting the README reference entries.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Feb  1 16:01:36 CET 2012 - jdelvare@suse.de
 
diff --git a/quilt.spec b/quilt.spec
index c14ed66..b96d3ac 100644
--- a/quilt.spec
+++ b/quilt.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package quilt
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2011 SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
+# Copyright (c) 2012 SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -15,17 +15,27 @@
 # Please submit bugfixes or comments via http://bugs.opensuse.org/
 #
 
-# norootforbuild
-
 
 Name:           quilt
-BuildRequires:  diffstat ed emacs-nox procmail
+BuildRequires:  diffstat
+BuildRequires:  ed
+BuildRequires:  emacs-nox
+BuildRequires:  procmail
 Summary:        A Tool for Working with Many Patches
 License:        GPL-2.0+
 Group:          Productivity/Text/Utilities
 Version:        0.51
-Release:        1
-Requires:       coreutils diffutils findutils patch gzip bzip2 perl mktemp diffstat file
+Release:        0
+Requires:       bzip2
+Requires:       coreutils
+Requires:       diffstat
+Requires:       diffutils
+Requires:       file
+Requires:       findutils
+Requires:       gzip
+Requires:       mktemp
+Requires:       patch
+Requires:       perl
 %if %{suse_version} > 910
 Recommends:     procmail
 %endif
@@ -40,6 +50,7 @@ Patch2:         fix-relative-import.patch
 Patch3:         patch-wrapper-rpm.diff
 Patch4:         grep-support-spaces.patch
 Patch5:         suse-workaround-pseudo-release.patch
+Patch6:         quilt-stable-rebuild.patch
 Url:            http://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/quilt
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 
@@ -64,6 +75,7 @@ Authors:
 %patch3 -p1
 %patch4 -p1
 %patch5 -p1
+%patch6 -p1
 
 %build
 # --with-rpmbuild=/usr/lib/rpm/rpmb: