diff --git a/avoid-mismatched-libregex.diff b/avoid-mismatched-libregex.diff
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a8b81bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/avoid-mismatched-libregex.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- FilesCheck.py
++++ FilesCheck.py
+@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@
+ sofile_regex = re.compile('/lib(64)?/(.+/)?lib[^/]+\.so$')
+ devel_regex = re.compile('(.*)-(debug(info)?|devel|headers|source|static)$')
+ debuginfo_package_regex = re.compile('-debug(info)?$')
+-lib_regex = re.compile('lib(64)?/lib[^/]*\.so\..*')
++lib_regex = re.compile('/lib(64)?/lib[^/]*\.so\.[\d\.-]*$')
+ ldconfig_regex = re.compile('^[^#]*ldconfig', re.MULTILINE)
+ depmod_regex = re.compile('^[^#]*depmod', re.MULTILINE)
+ install_info_regex = re.compile('^[^#]*install-info', re.MULTILINE)
diff --git a/rpmlint.changes b/rpmlint.changes
index bfa09a3..3eacf64 100644
--- a/rpmlint.changes
+++ b/rpmlint.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Oct  7 23:53:26 CEST 2009 - dmueller@suse.de
+
+- tighten the regex for libraries (bnc#544906)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Sep 30 16:31:13 CEST 2009 - dmueller@suse.de
 
diff --git a/rpmlint.spec b/rpmlint.spec
index 1cb112e..54cfa20 100644
--- a/rpmlint.spec
+++ b/rpmlint.spec
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ Name:           rpmlint
 BuildRequires:  rpm-python
 Summary:        Rpm correctness checker
 Version:        0.90
-Release:        2
+Release:        3
 Source0:        %{name}-%{version}.tar.bz2
 Source1:        config
 Source1001:     config.in
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ Patch68:        more-verbose-lsb-check.diff
 Patch69:        useless-requires-doc.diff
 Patch71:        suse-binary-info-compile-opts.diff
 Patch72:        version-control-internal-file.diff
+Patch73:        avoid-mismatched-libregex.diff
 %py_requires
 
 %description
@@ -177,6 +178,7 @@ Authors:
 #%patch69
 #%patch71
 %patch72
+%patch73
 cp -p %{SOURCE1} .
 cp -p %{SOURCE2} .
 cp -p %{SOURCE3} .