diff --git a/icu.spec b/icu.spec
index dc02c2a..9cd6407 100644
--- a/icu.spec
+++ b/icu.spec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Name:      icu
 Version:   49.1.1
-Release:   5%{?dist}
+Release:   6%{?dist}
 Summary:   International Components for Unicode
 Group:     Development/Tools
 License:   MIT and UCD and Public Domain
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ cd source
 autoconf
 CFLAGS='%optflags -fno-strict-aliasing'
 CXXFLAGS='%optflags -fno-strict-aliasing'
-%configure --with-data-packaging=library --disable-samples
+%configure --with-data-packaging=library --disable-samples --disable-renaming
 #rhbz#225896
 sed -i 's|-nodefaultlibs -nostdlib||' config/mh-linux
 #rhbz#681941
@@ -153,6 +153,9 @@ make %{?_smp_mflags} -C source check
 %doc source/__docs/%{name}/html/*
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Sep 12 2012 Caolán McNamara <caolanm@redhat.com> - 49.1.1-6
+- Resolves: rhbz#856594 disable icu symbol renaming
+
 * Fri Aug 31 2012 Tom Callaway <spot@fedoraproject.org> - 49.1.1-5
 - apply upstream fix (bug 9283) for regexcmp crash causing Chromium segfaults