diff --git a/lib64-suffix.patch b/lib64-suffix.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..10272df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib64-suffix.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+diff -ruN qgis-0.8.1-orig/settings.pro qgis-0.8.1/settings.pro
+--- qgis-0.8.1-orig/settings.pro	2007-01-01 23:31:27.000000000 -0500
++++ qgis-0.8.1/settings.pro	2007-07-05 10:30:08.000000000 -0400
+@@ -107,14 +107,14 @@
+ win32:QGISBINDIR=$${DESTDIR}
+ macx:QGISBINDIR=$${DESTDIR}/$${QGIS_APP_NAME}.app/Contents/MacOS/
+ 
+-linux-g++:QGISLIBDIR=$${DESTDIR}/lib
++linux-g++:QGISLIBDIR=$${DESTDIR}/lib${LIB_SUFFIX}
+ macx:QGISLIBDIR=$${QGISBINDIR}
+ win32:QGISLIBDIR=$${DESTDIR}
+ 
+-QGISPLUGINDIR=$${DESTDIR}/lib/qgis
++QGISPLUGINDIR=$${DESTDIR}/lib${LIB_SUFFIX}/qgis
+ macx:QGISPLUGINDIR=$${DESTDIR}/$${QGIS_APP_NAME}.app/Contents/lib/qgis
+ 
+-QGISPROVIDERDIR=$${QGISBINDIR}/lib/qgis
++QGISPROVIDERDIR=$${QGISBINDIR}/lib${LIB_SUFFIX}/qgis
+ macx:QGISPROVIDERDIR=$${DESTDIR}/$${QGIS_APP_NAME}.app/Contents/lib/qgis
+ 
+ win32:QGISDOCDIR=$${DESTDIR}/share/qgis/doc
+@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@
+ win32:LIBS+=-LC:\msys\local\lib
+ win32:LIBS+=-L$${DESTDIR}
+ win32:LIBS+=-L$${DESTDIR}/lib/qgis
+-linux-g++:LIBS+=-L$${DESTDIR}/lib
++linux-g++:LIBS+=-L$${DESTDIR}/lib${LIB_SUFFIX}
+ linux-g++:LIBS+=-L/usr/lib/ccache/lib
+ macx:LIBS+=-L$${QGISLIBDIR}
+ macx:LIBS+=-F/Library/Frameworks/
diff --git a/qgis.spec b/qgis.spec
index 5bfdeb3..6863a9a 100644
--- a/qgis.spec
+++ b/qgis.spec
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 Summary: A user friendly Open Source Geographic Information System
 Name: qgis
 Version: 0.8.1
-Release: 6%{?dist}
+Release: 7%{?dist}
 #Epoch: 1
 License: GPL
 Group: Applications/Engineering
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ Source0: http://download.qgis.org/qgis/src/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
 Source1: %{name}.desktop
 Patch0: settings-include-workdir.patch
 Patch1: man-install-share.patch
+Patch2: lib64-suffix.patch
 URL: http://qgis.org/
 BuildRoot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
 BuildRequires: cmake
@@ -62,6 +63,7 @@ Addtional theme for qgis - nkids
 %setup -q
 %patch0 -p1
 %patch1 -p1
+%patch2 -p1
 
 %build
 for dir in %{_libdir}/grass-*/ ; do
@@ -71,7 +73,7 @@ done
 	-D GRASS_PREFIX=$GRASS_PREFIX \
 	-D GDAL_INCLUDE_DIR=%{_includedir}/gdal \
 	-D GDAL_LIBRARY=%{_libdir}/libgdal.so \
-	-D CMAKE_SKIP_RPATH:BOOL=YES \
+	-D CMAKE_SKIP_RPATH:BOOL=ON \
 	.
 make VERBOSE=1 %{?_smp_mflags}
 
@@ -173,6 +175,9 @@ desktop-file-install --vendor="fedora" \
 %{_datadir}/%{name}/themes/default/grass
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Jul 05 2007 Douglas E. Warner <silfreed@silfreed.net> 0.8.1-7
+- adding patch for lib64 support through lib_suffix
+
 * Thu Jun 28 2007 Douglas E. Warner <silfreed@silfreed.net> 0.8.1-6
 - fixed date of changelog entry for 0.8.1-5 from Wed Jun 27 2007 to
   Thu Jun 28 2007