diff --git a/66-sil-abyssinica.conf b/66-sil-abyssinica.conf
index 805074e..4b1f27f 100644
--- a/66-sil-abyssinica.conf
+++ b/66-sil-abyssinica.conf
@@ -15,5 +15,13 @@
 			<family>Abyssinica SIL</family>
 		</prefer>
 	</alias>
+        <match target="font">
+          <test name="family" ignore-blanks="yes">
+             <string>Abyssinica SIL</string>
+          </test>
+          <edit name="autohint" mode="assign">
+             <bool>true</bool>
+          </edit>
+        </match>
 </fontconfig>
 
diff --git a/sil-abyssinica-fonts.spec b/sil-abyssinica-fonts.spec
index e23b4e6..c5ab374 100644
--- a/sil-abyssinica-fonts.spec
+++ b/sil-abyssinica-fonts.spec
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 Name:           %{fontname}-fonts
 Version:        1.200
-Release:        3%{?dist}
+Release:        4%{?dist}
 Summary:        SIL Abyssinica fonts
 
 License:        OFL
@@ -64,6 +64,9 @@ ln -s %{_fontconfig_templatedir}/%{fontconf} \
 
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Aug 13 2012 Parag Nemade <pnemade AT redhat DOT com> - 1.200-4
+- Resolves:rh#847576:-better enabling autohinting by default 
+
 * Sat Jul 21 2012 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng@lists.fedoraproject.org> - 1.200-3
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_18_Mass_Rebuild