diff --git a/enchant2.spec b/enchant2.spec
index cfa5953..0c96e33 100644
--- a/enchant2.spec
+++ b/enchant2.spec
@@ -1,12 +1,18 @@
 Name:          enchant2
 Version:       2.2.3
-Release:       3%{?snap}%{?dist}
+Release:       4%{?snap}%{?dist}
 Summary:       An Enchanting Spell Checking Library
 
 License:       LGPLv2+
 URL:           https://github.com/AbiWord/enchant
 Source0:       https://github.com/AbiWord/enchant/releases/download/v%{version}/enchant-%{version}.tar.gz
 
+# Look for aspell using pkg-config, instead of AC_CHECK_LIB which adds -laspell
+# to the global LIBS and over-links libenchant (#1574893)
+Patch0:        enchant_aspell.patch
+
+BuildRequires: automake autoconf libtool
+
 BuildRequires: glib2-devel
 BuildRequires: aspell-devel
 BuildRequires: hunspell-devel
@@ -48,6 +54,9 @@ developing applications that use %{name}.
 %prep
 %autosetup -p1 -n enchant-%{version}
 
+# Needed for Patch0
+autoreconf -ifv
+
 
 %build
 %configure \
@@ -93,6 +102,9 @@ find %{buildroot} -name '*.la' -delete
 
 
 %changelog
+* Fri Jun 15 2018 Sandro Mani <manisandro@gmail.com> - 2.2.3-4
+- Add patch to avoid unnecessary linking of libenchant against libaspell (#1574893)
+
 * Wed May 16 2018 Parag Nemade <pnemade AT redhat DOT com> - 2.2.3-3
 - Make enchant2-voikko installed by langpacks-fi package (#1578352)
 
diff --git a/enchant_aspell.patch b/enchant_aspell.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9dc5394
--- /dev/null
+++ b/enchant_aspell.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+diff -rupN enchant-2.2.3/configure.ac enchant-2.2.3-new/configure.ac
+--- enchant-2.2.3/configure.ac	2018-02-04 18:01:08.000000000 +0100
++++ enchant-2.2.3-new/configure.ac	2018-06-15 00:20:14.000000000 +0200
+@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ build_providers=
+ 
+ dnl Standard providers
+ ENCHANT_CHECK_PKG_CONFIG_PROVIDER([hunspell], [HUNSPELL])
+-ENCHANT_CHECK_LIB_PROVIDER([aspell], [ASPELL], [get_aspell_dict_info_list])
++ENCHANT_CHECK_PKG_CONFIG_PROVIDER([aspell], [ASPELL])
+ ENCHANT_CHECK_LIB_PROVIDER([hspell], [HSPELL], [hspell_get_dictionary_path],, [-lz])
+ ENCHANT_CHECK_PKG_CONFIG_PROVIDER([voikko], [VOIKKO], [libvoikko])
+ dnl FIXME: The test below assumes GCC(-compatible) ObjC++ compiler, but
+diff -rupN enchant-2.2.3/providers/Makefile.am enchant-2.2.3-new/providers/Makefile.am
+--- enchant-2.2.3/providers/Makefile.am	2017-12-12 13:22:28.000000000 +0100
++++ enchant-2.2.3-new/providers/Makefile.am	2018-06-15 00:20:11.000000000 +0200
+@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ AM_LDFLAGS = -module -avoid-version -no-
+ if WITH_ASPELL
+ provider_LTLIBRARIES += enchant_aspell.la
+ endif
++enchant_aspell_la_LIBADD = $(ASPELL_LIBS)
+ 
+ if WITH_HSPELL
+ provider_LTLIBRARIES += enchant_hspell.la