diff --git a/slang.spec b/slang.spec
index 21b2edc..7ca5293 100644
--- a/slang.spec
+++ b/slang.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Summary: The shared library for the S-Lang extension language.
 Name: slang
 Version: 2.0.6
-Release: 1
+Release: 2
 License: GPL
 Group: System Environment/Libraries
 Source: ftp://ftp.fu-berlin.de/pub/unix/misc/slang/v2.0/slang-%{version}.tar.bz2
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ make -C src elf
 rm -rf ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}
 
 make -C src DESTDIR=${RPM_BUILD_ROOT} install-elf
+ln -sf libslang.a ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}%{_libdir}/libslang-utf8.a
 
 %clean
 rm -rf ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}
@@ -64,10 +65,14 @@ rm -rf ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}
 %files devel
 %defattr(-,root,root)
 %doc doc README
+%{_libdir}/libslang*.a
 %{_libdir}/libslang*.so
 %{_includedir}/slang
 
 %changelog
+* Tue May 23 2006 Peter Jones <pjones@redhat.com> - 2.0.6-2
+- put static lib back; it is required by anaconda
+
 * Mon May 22 2006 Miroslav Lichvar <mlichvar@redhat.com> - 2.0.6-1
 - update to slang-2.0.6
 - move .so.2 link to main package