diff --git a/openssl.spec b/openssl.spec
index ea46caf..adb85a1 100644
--- a/openssl.spec
+++ b/openssl.spec
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 Summary: Secure Sockets Layer Toolkit
 Name: openssl
 Version: 0.9.6
-Release: 16
+Release: 16.0p
 Source: openssl-%{version}-usa.tar.bz2
 Source1: hobble-openssl
 Source2: Makefile.certificate
@@ -40,6 +40,13 @@ URL: http://www.openssl.org/
 BuildRoot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-root
 BuildPreReq: perl, python-devel, unzip
 
+# the gcc-2.96 compiler on ppc has some optimization problems.
+# gcc296ppc is true in this case.
+%define gcc296ppc 0
+%ifarch ppc ppc64
+%define gcc296ppc %(gcc -v 2>&1 1>/dev/null|grep -qF 2.96 && echo 1 || echo 0)
+%endif
+
 %description
 The OpenSSL certificate management tool and the shared libraries that
 provide various cryptographic algorithms and protocols.
@@ -156,6 +163,9 @@ sslflags=no-asm
 %ifarch s390
 sslarch=linux-s390
 %endif
+%if %{gcc296ppc}
+RPM_OPT_FLAGS="$RPM_OPT_FLAGS -O1"
+%endif
 # Configure the build tree.  Override OpenSSL defaults with known-good defaults
 # usable on all platforms.  The Configure script already knows to use -fPIC and
 # RPM_OPT_FLAGS, so we can skip specifiying them here.
@@ -296,6 +306,9 @@ popd
 %postun -p /sbin/ldconfig
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Jun 19 2003 Guy Streeter <streeter@redhat.com> 0.9.6-16.0p
+- build at -O1 for broken 7.1 ppc compiler
+
 * Wed Mar 19 2003 Nalin Dahyabhai <nalin@redhat.com> 0.9.6-16
 - add backported patch to harden against Klima-Pokorny-Rosa extension
   of Bleichenbacher's attack (CAN-2003-0131)
@@ -462,13 +475,13 @@ popd
 - run ldconfig directly in post/postun
 - add FAQ
 
-* Sat Dec 18 1999 Bernhard Rosenkr)B�nzer <bero@redhat.de>
+* Sat Dec 18 1999 Bernhard Rosenkrdnzer <bero@redhat.de>
 - Fix build on non-x86 platforms
 
-* Fri Nov 12 1999 Bernhard Rosenkr)B�nzer <bero@redhat.de>
+* Fri Nov 12 1999 Bernhard Rosenkrdnzer <bero@redhat.de>
 - move /usr/share/ssl/* from -devel to main package
 
-* Tue Oct 26 1999 Bernhard Rosenkr)B�nzer <bero@redhat.de>
+* Tue Oct 26 1999 Bernhard Rosenkrdnzer <bero@redhat.de>
 - inital packaging
 - changes from base:
   - Move /usr/local/ssl to /usr/share/ssl for FHS compliance