diff --git a/vtk-boost149.patch b/vtk-boost149.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ce3b41f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vtk-boost149.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+Index: VTK/Infovis/vtkBoostBreadthFirstSearchTree.cxx
+===================================================================
+--- VTK.orig/Infovis/vtkBoostBreadthFirstSearchTree.cxx
++++ VTK/Infovis/vtkBoostBreadthFirstSearchTree.cxx
+@@ -47,6 +47,21 @@ using namespace boost;
+ vtkStandardNewMacro(vtkBoostBreadthFirstSearchTree);
+ 
+ 
++#if BOOST_VERSION >= 104800      // Boost 1.48.x
++namespace {
++  vtkIdType unwrap_edge_id(vtkEdgeType const &e) {
++    return e.Id;
++  }
++  vtkIdType unwrap_edge_id(boost::detail::reverse_graph_edge_descriptor<vtkEdgeType> const &e) {
++# if BOOST_VERSION == 104800
++    return e.underlying_desc.Id;
++# else
++    return e.underlying_descx.Id;
++#endif
++  }
++}
++#endif
++
+ // Redefine the bfs visitor, the only visitor we
+ // are using is the tree_edge visitor.
+ template <typename IdMap>
+@@ -95,7 +110,12 @@ public:
+ 
+     // Copy the vertex and edge data from the graph to the tree.
+     tree->GetVertexData()->CopyData(graph->GetVertexData(), v, tree_v);
++#if BOOST_VERSION < 104800      // Boost 1.48.x
+     tree->GetEdgeData()->CopyData(graph->GetEdgeData(), e.Id, tree_e.Id);
++#else
++    tree->GetEdgeData()->CopyData(graph->GetEdgeData(),
++                                  unwrap_edge_id(e), tree_e.Id);
++#endif
+   }
+ 
+ private:
diff --git a/vtk.changes b/vtk.changes
index 71ba8b6..50365de 100644
--- a/vtk.changes
+++ b/vtk.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sun Apr  8 11:22:34 UTC 2012 - idonmez@suse.com
+
+- Fix compilation with boost 1.49 and enable boost again 
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Mar 27 14:15:13 UTC 2012 - toddrme2178@gmail.com
 
diff --git a/vtk.spec b/vtk.spec
index bcced99..d3c559e 100644
--- a/vtk.spec
+++ b/vtk.spec
@@ -15,16 +15,17 @@
 # Please submit bugfixes or comments via http://bugs.opensuse.org/
 #
 
+
 Name:           vtk
 Version:        5.8.0
-Release:        1
+Release:        0
 # This is a variant BSD license, a cross between BSD and ZLIB.
 # For all intents, it has the same rights and restrictions as BSD.
 # http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Licensing/BSD#VTKBSDVariant
-License:        BSD-3-Clause
 Summary:        The Visualization Toolkit - A high level 3D visualization library
-Url:            http://vtk.org/
+License:        BSD-3-Clause
 Group:          Productivity/Scientific/Other
+Url:            http://vtk.org/
 Source:         http://www.vtk.org/files/release/5.8/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
 # PATCH-FIX-UPSTREAM vtk-pythondestdir.patch --badshah400@gmail.com Correct installation destination for python libraries
 Patch0:         vtk-pythondestdir.patch
@@ -35,6 +36,8 @@ Patch1:         vtk-system.patch
 Patch2:         vtk-sqldatabaseschema.patch
 # patch to fix the soname for libVTKnetcdf_cxx
 Patch3:         vtk-soversion2.patch
+# PATCH-FIX-UPSTREAM vtk-boost149.patch idoenmez@suse.de -- Fix compilation with boost 1.49
+Patch4:         vtk-boost149.patch
 BuildRequires:  Mesa-devel
 BuildRequires:  MesaGLw-devel
 BuildRequires:  boost-devel
@@ -85,8 +88,6 @@ Summary:        VTK header files for building C++ code
 Group:          Development/Libraries/Other
 Requires:       %{name} = %{version}
 Requires:       %{name}-java  = %{version}
-Requires:       python-%{name} = %{version}
-Requires:       python-%{name}-qt = %{version}
 Requires:       %{name}-qt = %{version}
 Requires:       %{name}-tcl = %{version}
 Requires:       Mesa-devel
@@ -99,6 +100,8 @@ Requires:       libqt4-devel
 Requires:       libtheora-devel
 Requires:       libtiff-devel
 Requires:       postgresql-devel
+Requires:       python-%{name} = %{version}
+Requires:       python-%{name}-qt = %{version}
 
 %description devel
 VTK is an open-source software system for image processing, 3D
@@ -143,8 +146,8 @@ This package provides python bindings for VTK.
 Summary:        Qt Python VTK widget
 Group:          System/Libraries
 Requires:       %{name} = %{version}
-Requires:       python-%{name} = %{version}
 Requires:       %{name}-qt = %{version}
+Requires:       python-%{name} = %{version}
 Requires:       python-qt4
 %{py_requires}
 
@@ -223,6 +226,7 @@ This package provides a few testing programs for VTK
 %patch1 -p1
 %patch2 -p1
 %patch3 -p1
+%patch4 -p1
 
 # Replace relative path ../../../VTKData with %%{_datadir}/%%{name}data-%%{version}
 # otherwise it will break on symlinks.
@@ -266,12 +270,8 @@ cmake . \
     -DVTK_WRAP_PYTHON:BOOL=ON \
     -DVTK_WRAP_PYTHON_SIP:BOOL=ON \
     -DVTK_WRAP_TCL:BOOL=ON \
-%if 0%{?suse_version} <= 1210
     -DVTK_USE_BOOST:BOOL=ON \
     -DVTK_USE_TEXT_ANALYSIS:BOOL=ON
-%endif
-# VTK boost libraries broken for boost 1.49+: http://vtk.org/Bug/view.php?id=12988
-# VTK_USE_TEXT_ANALYSIS depends on VTK_USE_BOOST
 
 make %{?_smp_mflags}