diff --git a/gparted-configure.patch b/gparted-configure.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4761a7f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gparted-configure.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+--- configure.keep	2006-09-11 05:39:49.000000000 -0400
++++ configure	2006-11-22 02:46:15.000000000 -0500
+@@ -22160,9 +22160,11 @@
+ fi
+ 
+ 
+-{ echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking for libparted >= 1.7.1" >&5
+-echo $ECHO_N "checking for libparted >= 1.7.1... $ECHO_C" >&6; }
+-LDFLAGS=-lparted
++LIBPARTED_VERSION=1.7.1
++{ echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking for libparted >= $LIBPARTED_VERSION" >&5
++echo $ECHO_N "checking for libparted >= $LIBPARTED_VERSION... $ECHO_C" >&6; }
++LIBS_save="$LIBS"
++LIBS="-lparted"
+ if test "$cross_compiling" = yes; then
+   { { echo "$as_me:$LINENO: error: cannot run test program while cross compiling
+ See \`config.log' for more details." >&5
+@@ -22181,14 +22183,26 @@
+ 
+ int main ()
+ {
++	int min_major ;
++	int min_minor ;
++	int min_micro ;
+ 	int major ;
+ 	int minor ;
+ 	int micro ;
+ 
+-	if ( sscanf( ped_get_version(), "%d.%d.%d", &major, &minor, &micro ) == 3 )
+-		printf( "Found libparted %s\t", ped_get_version() ) ;
++	if ( sscanf( "$LIBPARTED_VERSION", "%d.%d.%d", &min_major, &min_minor, &min_micro ) == 3 )
++	{
++		if ( sscanf( ped_get_version(), "%d.%d.%d", &major, &minor, &micro ) == 3 )
++		{
++			printf( "Found libparted %s\t", ped_get_version() ) ;
++
++			return ! ((major > min_major) ||
++           			 ((major == min_major) && (minor > min_minor)) ||
++           			 ((major == min_major) && (minor == min_minor) && (micro >= min_micro))) ;
++		}
++	}
+ 
+-        return ! ( major == 1 && minor == 7 && micro >= 1 ) ;
++	return 1 ;
+ }
+ 
+ _ACEOF
diff --git a/gparted.spec b/gparted.spec
index f4e3753..957b8c6 100644
--- a/gparted.spec
+++ b/gparted.spec
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 Summary: Gnome Partition Editor
 Name:    gparted
 Version: 0.3.1
-Release: 2%{?dist}
+Release: 3%{?dist}
 Group:   Applications/System
 License: GPL
 URL:     http://gparted.sourceforge.net
 Source0: http://dl.sf.net/sourceforge/%{name}/%{name}-%{version}.tar.bz2
+Patch0: gparted-configure.patch
 BuildRoot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
 BuildRequires: gtkmm24-devel parted-devel 
 BuildRequires: e2fsprogs-devel gettext perl(XML::Parser) 
@@ -20,6 +21,7 @@ will be detected at runtime and don't require a rebuild of GParted
 
 %prep
 %setup -q
+%patch0 -p0 -b .config
 
 %build
 %configure
@@ -77,6 +79,9 @@ rm -rf %{buildroot}
 %config(noreplace) %{_sysconfdir}/security/console.apps/gparted
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Nov 23 2006 Deji Akingunola <dakingun@gmail.com> - 0.3.1-3
+- Backport a fix from cvs to properly check for libparted version
+
 * Mon Nov 21 2006 Deji Akingunola <dakingun@gmail.com> - 0.3.1-2
 - Rebuild for new parted