diff --git a/curl.spec b/curl.spec
index d1f22b1..73d9aee 100644
--- a/curl.spec
+++ b/curl.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Summary: A utility for getting files from remote servers (FTP, HTTP, and others)
 Name: curl
 Version: 7.18.2
-Release: 3%{?dist}
+Release: 4%{?dist}
 License: MIT
 Group: Applications/Internet
 Source: http://curl.haxx.se/download/%{name}-%{version}.tar.bz2
@@ -78,6 +78,14 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 make DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT INSTALL="%{__install} -p" install
 
 rm -f ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}%{_libdir}/libcurl.la
+
+# Yes, they're the same. Curl accidentally bumped the .soname to .4, it is the same ABI as .3.
+# We'll use a little trickery to get what we need, since a symlink won't properly populate
+# the rpm dependencies. Credit to Nalin Dahyabhai and Casey Dahlin here.
+touch libcurl.so.3.c
+gcc $RPM_OPT_FLAGS -shared -L${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}%{_libdir} -lcurl libcurl.so.3.c -o libcurl.so.3
+install -p libcurl.so.3 $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_libdir}
+
 install -d $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_datadir}/aclocal
 install -m 644 docs/libcurl/libcurl.m4 $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_datadir}/aclocal
 
@@ -117,6 +125,9 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 %{_datadir}/aclocal/libcurl.m4
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Aug 11 2008 Tom "spot" Callaway <tcallawa@redhat.com> 7.18.2-4
+- make miniature library for libcurl.so.3
+
 * Wed Jul  4 2008 Jindrich Novy <jnovy@redhat.com> 7.18.2-3
 - enable support for libssh2 (#453958)