diff --git a/preliminary.patch b/0001-PROTON-1526-Ensure-the-module-.so-file-has-no-prefix.patch
similarity index 64%
rename from preliminary.patch
rename to 0001-PROTON-1526-Ensure-the-module-.so-file-has-no-prefix.patch
index 594ff80..25cd57f 100644
--- a/preliminary.patch
+++ b/0001-PROTON-1526-Ensure-the-module-.so-file-has-no-prefix.patch
@@ -1,9 +1,22 @@
+From 1b8dae76d36167b9f3e0748968d9b6ee1da3bc20 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Justin Ross <jross@apache.org>
+Date: Tue, 8 Aug 2017 13:58:38 -0700
+Subject: [PATCH] PROTON-1526: Ensure the module .so file has no prefix; remove
+ version-based rename
+
+---
+ proton-c/bindings/perl/CMakeLists.txt | 14 +++-----------
+ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
+
 diff --git a/proton-c/bindings/perl/CMakeLists.txt b/proton-c/bindings/perl/CMakeLists.txt
-index 1356ccea..ed61d864 100644
+index 1356cce..744e812 100644
 --- a/proton-c/bindings/perl/CMakeLists.txt
 +++ b/proton-c/bindings/perl/CMakeLists.txt
-@@ -56,18 +56,9 @@ list(APPEND SWIG_MODULE_cproton_perl_EXTRA_DEPS
+@@ -54,20 +54,12 @@ list(APPEND SWIG_MODULE_cproton_perl_EXTRA_DEPS
+     ${PROTON_HEADERS}
+ )
  swig_add_module(cproton_perl perl perl.i)
++set_target_properties(cproton_perl PROPERTIES PREFIX "")
  swig_link_libraries(cproton_perl ${BINDING_DEPS} ${PERL_LIBRARY})
  
 -if ((${CMAKE_MAJOR_VERSION} EQUAL 2) AND (${CMAKE_MINOR_VERSION} LESS 8))
@@ -23,3 +36,6 @@ index 1356ccea..ed61d864 100644
  
  install(FILES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/cproton_perl.pm
          DESTINATION ${PERL_VENDORARCH_DIR}
+-- 
+1.8.3.1
+
diff --git a/qpid-proton.spec b/qpid-proton.spec
index d0cc411..40049be 100644
--- a/qpid-proton.spec
+++ b/qpid-proton.spec
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ BuildRequires:  perl(Test::More)
 BuildRequires:  cyrus-sasl-devel
 
 Patch0: 0001-PROTON-1466-proton-c-mixing-up-links-with-names-that.patch        
-Patch1: preliminary.patch
+Patch1: 0001-PROTON-1526-Ensure-the-module-.so-file-has-no-prefix.patch
 
 %description
 Proton is a high performance, lightweight messaging library. It can be used in
@@ -403,7 +403,7 @@ popd
 %changelog
 * Tue Aug  8 2017 Irina Boverman <iboverma@redhat.com> - 0.17.0-6
 - Added missing *.hpp files in qpid-proton-cpp-devel package
-- Added preliminary patch to resolve install  issue
+- Resolves: PROTON-1526
 
 * Fri Jul 07 2017 Igor Gnatenko <ignatenko@redhat.com> - 0.17.0-5
 - Rebuild due to bug in RPM (RHBZ #1468476)