diff -rupN --no-dereference enchant-2.2.8/configure.ac enchant-2.2.8-new/configure.ac
--- enchant-2.2.8/configure.ac	2020-02-27 16:32:32.000000000 +0100
+++ enchant-2.2.8-new/configure.ac	2020-03-02 10:54:46.624164372 +0100
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ build_providers=
 dnl Standard providers
 ENCHANT_CHECK_PKG_CONFIG_PROVIDER([hunspell], [HUNSPELL])
 ENCHANT_CHECK_PKG_CONFIG_PROVIDER([nuspell], [NUSPELL])
-ENCHANT_CHECK_LIB_PROVIDER([aspell], [ASPELL], [get_aspell_dict_info_list])
+ENCHANT_CHECK_PKG_CONFIG_PROVIDER([aspell], [ASPELL])
 ENCHANT_CHECK_LIB_PROVIDER([hspell], [HSPELL], [hspell_get_dictionary_path],, [-lz])
 ENCHANT_CHECK_PKG_CONFIG_PROVIDER([voikko], [VOIKKO], [libvoikko])
 dnl FIXME: The test below assumes GCC(-compatible) ObjC++ compiler, but
diff -rupN --no-dereference enchant-2.2.8/providers/Makefile.am enchant-2.2.8-new/providers/Makefile.am
--- enchant-2.2.8/providers/Makefile.am	2020-02-27 14:05:18.000000000 +0100
+++ enchant-2.2.8-new/providers/Makefile.am	2020-03-02 10:54:46.624164372 +0100
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ AM_LDFLAGS = -module -avoid-version -no-
 if WITH_ASPELL
 provider_LTLIBRARIES += enchant_aspell.la
 endif
+enchant_aspell_la_LIBADD = $(ASPELL_LIBS)
 
 if WITH_HSPELL
 provider_LTLIBRARIES += enchant_hspell.la
diff -rupN --no-dereference enchant-2.2.8/tests/test.pwl.orig enchant-2.2.8-new/tests/test.pwl.orig
--- enchant-2.2.8/tests/test.pwl.orig	2017-02-04 18:34:34.000000000 +0100
+++ enchant-2.2.8-new/tests/test.pwl.orig	1970-01-01 01:00:00.000000000 +0100
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-hello
-tag