diff --git a/libaio-install-to-slash.patch b/libaio-install-to-slash.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f0a4fa2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libaio-install-to-slash.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+diff -up libaio-0.3.107/src/Makefile.orig libaio-0.3.107/src/Makefile
+--- libaio-0.3.107/src/Makefile.orig	2008-09-03 15:57:48.233332354 -0400
++++ libaio-0.3.107/src/Makefile	2008-09-03 15:58:23.591332705 -0400
+@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
+ prefix=/usr
+-includedir=$(prefix)/include
+-libdir=$(prefix)/lib
++includedir=/usr/include
++libdir=/usr/lib
++usrlibdir=/usr/lib
+ 
+ ARCH := $(shell uname -m | sed -e s/i.86/i386/)
+ CFLAGS := -nostdlib -nostartfiles -Wall -I. -g -fomit-frame-pointer -O2 -fPIC
+@@ -51,11 +52,11 @@ $(libname): $(libaio_sobjs) libaio.map
+ 	$(CC) $(SO_CFLAGS) -Wl,--version-script=libaio.map -Wl,-soname=$(soname) -o $@ $(libaio_sobjs) $(LINK_FLAGS)
+ 
+ install: $(all_targets)
+-	install -D -m 644 libaio.h $(includedir)/libaio.h
+-	install -D -m 644 libaio.a $(libdir)/libaio.a
+-	install -D -m 755 $(libname) $(libdir)/$(libname)
+-	ln -sf $(libname) $(libdir)/$(soname)
+-	ln -sf $(libname) $(libdir)/libaio.so
++	install -D -m 644 libaio.h $(destdir)$(includedir)/libaio.h
++	install -D -m 644 libaio.a $(destdir)$(usrlibdir)/libaio.a
++	install -D -m 755 $(libname) $(destdir)$(libdir)/$(libname)
++	ln -sf $(libdir)/$(libname) $(destdir)$(usrlibdir)/$(soname)
++	ln -sf $(libdir)/$(libname) $(destdir)$(usrlibdir)/libaio.so
+ 
+ $(libaio_objs): libaio.h
+ 
diff --git a/libaio.spec b/libaio.spec
index d9e4d82..53a7a9f 100644
--- a/libaio.spec
+++ b/libaio.spec
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 Name: libaio
 Version: 0.3.107
-Release: 3%{?dist}
+Release: 4%{?dist}
 Summary: Linux-native asynchronous I/O access library
 License: LGPLv2+
 Group:  System Environment/Libraries
 Source: %{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
 BuildRoot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-root
+Patch1: libaio-install-to-slash.patch
+
 # Fix ExclusiveArch as we implement this functionality on more architectures
 ExclusiveArch: i386 x86_64 ia64 s390 s390x ppc ppc64 ppc64pseries ppc64iseries alpha alphaev6
 
@@ -17,6 +19,9 @@ The POSIX async I/O facility requires this library in order to provide
 kernel-accelerated async I/O capabilities, as do applications which
 require the Linux-native async I/O API.
 
+%define libdir /%{_lib}
+%define usrlibdir %{_prefix}/%{_lib}
+
 %package devel
 Summary: Development files for Linux-native asynchronous I/O access
 Group: Development/System
@@ -28,6 +33,7 @@ for the Linux-native asynchronous I/O facility ("async I/O", or "aio").
 
 %prep
 %setup -a 0
+%patch1 -p1
 mv %{name}-%{version} compat-%{name}-%{version}
 
 %build
@@ -44,12 +50,10 @@ make
 [ "$RPM_BUILD_ROOT" != "/" ] && rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 cd compat-%{name}-%{version}
 install -D -m 755 src/libaio.so.1.0.0 \
-  $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_libdir}/libaio.so.1.0.0
+  $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{libdir}/libaio.so.1.0.0
 cd ..
-make install prefix=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr \
- libdir=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_libdir} \
- root=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT
-
+make destdir=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT prefix=/ libdir=%{libdir} usrlibdir=%{usrlibdir} \
+	includedir=%{_includedir} install
 
 %clean
 [ "$RPM_BUILD_ROOT" != "/" ] && rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
@@ -60,16 +64,20 @@ make install prefix=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr \
 
 %files
 %defattr(-,root,root)
-%attr(0755,root,root) %{_libdir}/libaio.so.*
+%attr(0755,root,root) %{libdir}/libaio.so.*
 %doc COPYING TODO
 
 %files devel
 %defattr(-,root,root)
 %attr(0644,root,root) %{_includedir}/*
-%attr(0755,root,root) %{_libdir}/libaio.so
+%attr(0755,root,root) %{usrlibdir}/libaio.so*
 %attr(0644,root,root) %{_libdir}/libaio.a
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Sep  3 2008 Jeff Moyer <jmoyer@redhat.com> - 0.3.107-4
+- Install to / instead of /usr for early users of libaio (Jeff Moyer)
+- Resolves: bz#459158
+
 * Tue Aug  5 2008 Tom "spot" Callaway <tcallawa@redhat.com> - 0.3.107-3
 - fix license tag