diff --git a/cyrus-sasl.spec b/cyrus-sasl.spec
index 77e18ad..9257b15 100644
--- a/cyrus-sasl.spec
+++ b/cyrus-sasl.spec
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 Summary: The Cyrus SASL library.
 Name: cyrus-sasl
 Version: 2.1.21
-Release: 8.1
+Release: 9
 License: Freely Distributable
 Group: System Environment/Libraries
 Source0: ftp://ftp.andrew.cmu.edu/pub/cyrus-mail/cyrus-sasl-%{version}.tar.gz
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ Patch17: cyrus-sasl-2.1.21-builddir.patch
 Patch18: cyrus-sasl-2.1.21-linksrcs.patch
 Patch19: cyrus-sasl-2.1.21-openssl-098.patch
 Patch20: cyrus-sasl-2.1.21-openldap-2.3.patch
+Patch21: cyrus-sasl-2.1.21-no-static-deps.patch
 Patch50: db-4.3.27-initmem.patch
 Buildroot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-root
 BuildPrereq: autoconf, automake, libtool, groff
@@ -136,6 +137,7 @@ popd
 %patch18 -p1 -b .linksrcs
 %patch19 -p1 -b .openssl-098
 %patch20 -p1 -b .openldap-2.3
+%patch21 -p1 -b .no-static-deps
 # FIXME - this is just weird
 rm config/ltconfig config/libtool.m4
 rm -fr autom4te.cache
@@ -405,6 +407,10 @@ fi
 %{_sbindir}/sasl2-shared-mechlist
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Dec 19 2005 Nalin Dahyabhai <nalin@redhat.com> 2.1.21-9
+- use --ass-needed to avoid linking dbconverter-2 with SQL libraries, which
+  it doesn't use because it manipulates files directly (#173321)
+
 * Fri Dec 09 2005 Jesse Keating <jkeating@redhat.com>
 - rebuilt