diff --git a/blender.spec b/blender.spec
index 78b6c08..34a812e 100644
--- a/blender.spec
+++ b/blender.spec
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 Name:           blender
 Version:        2.49b
-Release: 	10%{?dist}
+Release: 	11%{?dist}
 
 Summary:        3D modeling, animation, rendering and post-production
 
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
 BuildRequires:  desktop-file-utils
 BuildRequires:  esound-devel
 BuildRequires:  freeglut-devel
-BuildRequires:  gettext-devel
+BuildRequires:  gettext
 BuildRequires:  libjpeg-devel
 BuildRequires:  libogg-devel
 BuildRequires:  libpng-devel
@@ -110,6 +110,10 @@ Blender Game Engine.
 %patch100 -p1 -b .cve
 # %patch101 -p1
 
+# No executable or shared library outside the gettext package is
+# supposed to link against libgettextlib or libgettextsrc.
+sed -i -e"s,gettextlib,,g" config/linux2-config.py
+
 # binreloc is not a part of fedora
 rm -rf extern/ffmpeg
 rm -rf extern/fftw
@@ -129,6 +133,10 @@ PYVER=$(%{__python} -c "import sys ; print sys.version[:3]")
 sed -e 's|@LIB@|%{_libdir}|g' -e "s/@PYVER@/$PYVER/g" \
 	 <%{SOURCE8} >user-config.py
 
+# No executable or shared library outside the gettext package is
+# supposed to link against libgettextlib or libgettextsrc.
+sed -i -e"s,gettextlib,,g" user-config.py
+
 iconv -f iso-8859-1 -t utf-8 doc/bf-members.txt -o doc/bf-members.txt.utf8
 mv doc/bf-members.txt.utf8 doc/bf-members.txt
 
@@ -245,6 +253,9 @@ fi || :
 %{_bindir}/blenderplayer.bin
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Feb 07 2011 Paulo Roma <roma@lcg.ufrj.br> - 2.49b-11
+- Rebuilt without linking to libgettextlib (bugzilla #650471).
+
 * Tue Jul 27 2010 David Malcolm <dmalcolm@redhat.com> - 2.49b-10
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/Python_2.7/MassRebuild