diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/sat-solver/sat-solver/sat-solver_obsolete.patch b/meta/recipes-extended/sat-solver/sat-solver/sat-solver_obsolete.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..768505780b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/recipes-extended/sat-solver/sat-solver/sat-solver_obsolete.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+Fix obsolete settings with RPM5.
+
+The following patch is from Michael Schroeder <mls@suse.de>
+
+Signed-off-by: Mark Hatle <mark.hatle@windriver.com>
+
+diff -ur git.orig/src/pool.c git/src/pool.c
+--- git.orig/src/pool.c	2011-03-25 15:49:34.885834194 -0500
++++ git/src/pool.c	2011-03-28 10:55:13.138786524 -0500
+@@ -70,6 +70,10 @@
+   pool->disttype = DISTTYPE_DEB;
+ # endif
+ #endif
++#ifdef RPM5
++  pool->obsoleteusesprovides = 1;
++  pool->implicitobsoleteusesprovides = 1;
++#endif
+   return pool;
+ }
+ 
diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/sat-solver/sat-solver_git.bb b/meta/recipes-extended/sat-solver/sat-solver_git.bb
index 9892d14ecc..a6937763cb 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-extended/sat-solver/sat-solver_git.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-extended/sat-solver/sat-solver_git.bb
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ PR = "r8"
 
 SRC_URI = "git://gitorious.org/opensuse/sat-solver.git;protocol=git \
            file://sat-solver_rpm5.patch \
+           file://sat-solver_obsolete.patch \
            file://cmake.patch \
            file://db5.patch \
            file://sat-solver_poky.patch \