diff --git a/efl-sdl-version-build.patch b/efl-sdl-version-build.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..a1e68a3b7ec3df52ec52c875422d3eb4fdb0df25
--- /dev/null
+++ b/efl-sdl-version-build.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+--- efl-1.25.1/src/lib/ecore_sdl/meson.build.orig	2024-08-05 00:11:18.614688500 +0800
++++ efl-1.25.1/src/lib/ecore_sdl/meson.build	2024-08-05 00:11:37.234804100 +0800
+@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
+     include_directories : config_dir + [include_directories(join_paths('..','..'))],
+     install: true,
+     c_args : package_c_args,
++    version : meson.project_version()
+ )
+ 
+ ecore_sdl = declare_dependency(
diff --git a/efl.spec b/efl.spec
index 9beecd96fc8158b4f22064e615e4d67203ccc186..7430c5822e21c498add4d9252f6a215e1817c735 100644
--- a/efl.spec
+++ b/efl.spec
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
 Name:             efl
 Version:          1.25.1
-Release:          1
+Release:          2
 Summary:          Collection of Enlightenment libraries
 License:          BSD and LGPLv2+ and GPLv2 and zlib
 URL:              http://enlightenment.org/
 Source0:          http://download.enlightenment.org/rel/libs/efl/efl-%{version}.tar.xz
 Patch3:           efl-1.25.0-no-neon.patch
 Patch4:           efl-1.25.0-check-fix.patch
+Patch5:           efl-sdl-version-build.patch
 BuildRequires:    libunwind-devel gcc-c++
 BuildRequires:    bullet-devel libpng-devel libjpeg-devel gstreamer1-devel zlib-devel
 BuildRequires:    gstreamer1-plugins-base-devel libtiff-devel openssl-devel
@@ -148,6 +149,9 @@ chmod 644 src/bin/edje/edje_cc_out.c
 %{_libdir}/libexactness*.so 
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Aug 05 2024 Funda Wang <fundawang@yeah.net> - 1.25.1-2
+- Build ecore_sdl versioned so. So efl no longer requires efl-devel
+
 * Thu Dec 30 2021 liyanan <liyanan32@huawei.com> - 1.25.1-1
 - update to 1.25.1