diff --git a/libftdi-0.17-multilib.patch b/libftdi-0.17-multilib.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ba26fa1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libftdi-0.17-multilib.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+--- libftdi-0.16/libftdi-config.in	2009-02-06 17:40:10.000000000 +0200
++++ libftdi-0.16-mod/libftdi-config.in	2009-07-31 13:08:08.000000000 +0300
+@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
+ #!/bin/sh
+ 
+-prefix=@prefix@
+-exec_prefix=@exec_prefix@
++prefix=`pkg-config --variable prefix libftdi`
++exec_prefix=`pkg-config --variable exec_prefix libftdi`
+ exec_prefix_set=no
+ 
+ usage()
+@@ -46,17 +46,14 @@
+       echo_exec_prefix=yes
+       ;;
+     --version)
+-      echo @VERSION@
++      pkg-config --modversion libftdi
+       exit 0
+       ;;
+     --cflags)
+-      if test "@includedir@" != /usr/include ; then
+-        includes="-I@includedir@"
+-      fi
+-      echo_cflags=yes
++      pkg-config --cflags libftdi
+       ;;
+     --libs)
+-      echo_libs=yes
++      pkg-config --libs libftdi
+       ;;
+     *)
+       usage 1 1>&2
+@@ -71,9 +68,3 @@
+ if test "$echo_exec_prefix" = "yes"; then
+ 	echo $exec_prefix
+ fi
+-if test "$echo_cflags" = "yes"; then
+-	echo $includes
+-fi
+-if test "$echo_libs" = "yes"; then
+-	echo -L@libdir@ -lftdi @LIBS@
+-fi
+
diff --git a/libftdi.spec b/libftdi.spec
index 3ca96b3..cfb002d 100644
--- a/libftdi.spec
+++ b/libftdi.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 %{!?python_sitearch: %global python_sitearch %(%{__python} -c "from distutils.sysconfig import get_python_lib; print get_python_lib(1)")}
 Name:		libftdi
 Version:	0.17
-Release:	4%{?dist}
+Release:	5%{?dist}
 Summary:	Library to program and control the FTDI USB controller
 
 Group:		System Environment/Libraries
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ URL:		http://www.intra2net.com/de/produkte/opensource/ftdi/
 Source0:	http://www.intra2net.com/de/produkte/opensource/ftdi/TGZ/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
 Source1:	no_date_footer.html
 Patch0:		libftdi-0.17-bind-typo.patch
+Patch1:		libftdi-0.17-multilib.patch
 BuildRoot:	%{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
 
 BuildRequires:	libusb-devel, doxygen, boost-devel, python-devel, swig
@@ -63,6 +64,7 @@ sed -i -e 's/HTML_FOOTER            =/HTML_FOOTER            = no_date_footer.ht
 #kernel does not provide usb_device anymore
 sed -i -e 's/usb_device/usb/g' packages/99-libftdi.rules
 %patch0 -p1 -b .bindings-typo
+%patch1 -p1 -b .multilib
 
 
 %build
@@ -139,6 +141,9 @@ exit 0
 %postun c++ -p /sbin/ldconfig
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Jun 09 2010 Lucian Langa <cooly@gnome.eu.org> - 0.17-5
+- readd mistakenly dropped parch (fixes multilib issues)
+
 * Wed May 05 2010 Lucian Langa <cooly@gnome.eu.org> - 0.17-4
 - fix typo in group handling (#581151)