diff --git a/cracklib.spec b/cracklib.spec
index f744d22..b782442 100644
--- a/cracklib.spec
+++ b/cracklib.spec
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 Summary: A password-checking library
 Name: cracklib
 Version: 2.8.10
-Release: 1
+Release: 2
 Group: System Environment/Libraries
 Source0: http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/cracklib/cracklib-%{version}.tar.gz
 
@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ for dict in %{SOURCE10} %{SOURCE11} %{SOURCE12} %{SOURCE13} %{SOURCE14} \
 do
         cp -fv ${dict} cracklib-dicts/
 done
+chmod +x util/cracklib-format
 
 %build
 %configure --with-pic --with-python --with-default-dict=%{dictpath} --disable-static
@@ -184,6 +185,10 @@ rm -f $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_libdir}/libcrack.la
 %{_libdir}/python*/site-packages/cracklibmodule.so
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Jul 23 2007 Nalin Dahyabhai <nalin@redhat.com> - 2.8.10-2
+- work around non-executable util/cracklib-format giving us empty/garbage
+  dictionaries (#249210)
+
 * Thu Jul 19 2007 Nalin Dahyabhai <nalin@redhat.com> - 2.8.10-1
 - update to 2.8.10