diff --git a/papi-3.7.2-config.patch b/papi-3.7.2-config.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f8f2de3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/papi-3.7.2-config.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,112 @@
+diff -up papi-3.7.2/src/configure.in.header papi-3.7.2/src/configure.in
+--- papi-3.7.2/src/configure.in.header	2009-12-10 15:05:09.000000000 -0500
++++ papi-3.7.2/src/configure.in	2009-12-10 15:05:13.000000000 -0500
+@@ -1013,61 +1013,63 @@ AC_ARG_WITH(pfm_libdir,
+             )
+ 
+ # PCL start
+-# set PCL manually set with --with-pcl, 
+-# or by default if perfctr and perfmon are not available
+-# and linux kernel version is >= 31
+-
+-if test "$cross_compiling" = "no" -a "$OS" = "linux" -a "`uname -r | grep "2.6."`"; then
+-# gives the position in $OSVER of *first* character in substring "2.6."
+-POS1=`expr index "$OSVER" "2.6."`
+-POS2=`expr $POS1 + 4`
+-VERS=`expr substr "$OSVER" "$POS2" 2`
+-
+-# Version 2.6.31 of the kernel uses perf_counter.h and all subsequent versions use perf_event.h
+-if test "$VERS" = "31"; then
+-  perf_header="perf_counter.h"
+-  CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -DKERNEL31"
+-elif test "$VERS" -gt 31; then
+-  perf_header="perf_event.h"
++if test "x$perfctr" != "xyes" -a "$perfmon" = "0"; then
++
++# Try to find perf_event.h or perf_counter.h on
++# user specific path or default of /usr/include/linux
++AC_ARG_WITH(pcl_incdir,
++	   [  --with-pcl-incdir=<path>	Specify path to the correct perf event header file],
++  [
++case "$with_pcl_incdir" in
++yes) AC_MSG_ERROR([--with-pcl-incdir requires an argument]) ;;
++''|no) ;;
++*) pcl_incdir=$with_pcl_incdir ;;
++esac],
++[pcl_incdir="/usr/include/linux"])
++
++# Linux 2.6.32 and newer check
++AC_CHECK_FILE($pcl_incdir/perf_event.h,
++	[pcl="yes" PCLPATH="$pcl_incdir/perf_event.h"])
++
++# Linux 2.6.31 check
++if test "x$PCLPATH" = "x"; then
++AC_CHECK_FILE($pcl_incdir/perf_counter.h,
++	[pcl="yes" PCLPATH="$pcl_incdir/perf_counter.h"
++	   CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -DKERNEL31"])
+ fi
+ 
+-if test "${VERS}" -ge 31; then
+ AC_ARG_WITH(pcl,
+             [  --with-pcl=<yes,no>		Specify existence of Performance Counters for Linux],
+-            [pcl=$withval
+-             AC_CHECK_FILE(/lib/modules/$OSVER/source/include/linux/$perf_header, [ pcl="yes"
+-               PCLPATH="/lib/modules/$OSVER/source/include/linux/$perf_header"],
+-                [ pcl="no" ])
+-            ],
+-            [if test "$perfctr" = "no" -a "$perfmon" = "0"; then
+-              AC_CHECK_FILE(/lib/modules/$OSVER/source/include/linux/$perf_header, [ pcl="yes"
+-               PCLPATH="/lib/modules/$OSVER/source/include/linux/$perf_header"],
+-                [ pcl="no" ])
+-             fi
+-            ])
+-elif test "$perfctr" = "no" -a "$perfmon" = "0"; then
+-AC_MSG_ERROR([PAPI requires a patch for any kernel older than 2.6.31])
++            [pcl=$withval])
++
++#fall back check for the perf_event.h or perf_counter.h in -devel for running
++#linux kernel
++if test "x$cross_compiling" != "xyes" -a "$OS" = "linux" -a "x$PCLPATH" = "x"; then
++
++pcl_incdir="/lib/modules/$OSVER/source/include/linux"
++
++# Linux 2.6.32 and newer check
++AC_CHECK_FILE($pcl_incdir/perf_event.h,
++	[pcl="yes" PCLPATH="$pcl_incdir/perf_event.h"])
++
++# Linux 2.6.31 check
++if test "x$PCLPATH" = "x"; then
++AC_CHECK_FILE($pcl_incdir/perf_counter.h,
++	[pcl="yes" PCLPATH="$pcl_incdir/perf_counter.h"
++	   CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -DKERNEL31"])
++fi
++
++if test "x$PCLPATH" = "x"; then
++  pcl=no
+ fi
+ 
+-# If we are running a PCL kernel, the correct include file should have been found in 
+-# /lib/modules/$OSVER/source/include/linux. If the file was not found
+-# see if the user has set a path and ensure it can be found there
+-if test "$pcl" = "no"; then
+-AC_ARG_WITH(pcl_incdir,
+-	   [  --with-pcl-incdir=<path>	Specify path to the correct perf event header file],
+-	   [pcl_incdir=$withval
+-	     AC_CHECK_FILE($pcl_incdir/$perf_header, [pcl="yes"
+-              PCLPATH="$pcl_incdir/$perf_header"], 
+-		[AC_MSG_ERROR([$perf_header could not be found at $pcl_incdir])])
+-           ],
+-           [if test "$perfctr" = "no" -a "$perfmon" = "0"; then
+-            AC_MSG_ERROR([$perf_header could not be found and no patch is installed.])
+-            fi
+-           ])
+ fi
+ fi
+ # PCL end
+ 
++if test "x$pcl" != "xyes" -a "x$perfctr" != "xyes" -a "$perfmon" = "0"; then
++  AC_MSG_ERROR([No performance monitoring interface available])
++fi
+ 
+ AC_ARG_WITH(pmapi,
+             [  --with-pmapi=<path>		Specify path of pmapi on aix system ],
diff --git a/papi.spec b/papi.spec
index 3bf3f15..487de62 100644
--- a/papi.spec
+++ b/papi.spec
@@ -1,16 +1,18 @@
 Summary: Performance Application Programming Interface
 Name: papi
 Version: 3.7.2
-Release: 2%{?dist}
+Release: 3%{?dist}
 License: BSD
 Group: Development/System
 URL: http://icl.cs.utk.edu/papi/
 Source0: http://icl.cs.utk.edu/projects/papi/downloads/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
+Patch1: papi-3.7.2-config.patch
 BuildRoot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root
 BuildRequires: ncurses-devel
 BuildRequires: kernel-headers >= 2.6.31
 BuildRequires: gcc-gfortran
 BuildRequires: chrpath
+BuildRequires: autoconf
 #Right now libpfm does not know anything about s390 and will fail
 ExcludeArch: s390, s390x
 
@@ -30,9 +32,12 @@ that uses PAPI.
 %prep
 %setup -q
 
+%patch1 -p1 -b .header
+
 %build
 cd src
-%configure --with-pcl=yes --disable-static --with-pcl-incdir=/usr/include/linux
+autoconf
+%configure --disable-static
 make %{?_smp_mflags}
 
 #%check
@@ -70,6 +75,9 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 %doc %{_mandir}/man3/*
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Dec 10 2009 William Cohen <wcohen@redhat.com> - 3.7.2-3
+- Adjust configure.
+
 * Mon Dec 9 2009 William Cohen <wcohen@redhat.com> - 3.7.2-2
 - Remove dependency on kernel-devel.