diff --git a/filesystem/parted/parted.conf b/filesystem/parted/parted.conf
index 602c6fd70..baea786c6 100644
--- a/filesystem/parted/parted.conf
+++ b/filesystem/parted/parted.conf
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # This copyright note is auto-generated by ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch.
 #
 # Filename: package/.../parted/parted.conf
-# Copyright (C) 2007 The OpenSDE Project
+# Copyright (C) 2007 - 2010 The OpenSDE Project
 # Copyright (C) 2004 - 2006 The T2 SDE Project
 # Copyright (C) 1998 - 2004 Clifford Wolf
 #
@@ -21,4 +21,8 @@ var_append GCC_WRAPPER_REMOVE " " "-Werror"
 pkginstalled readline || var_append confopt ' ' "--without-readline"
 
 # device mapper support
-pkginstalled device-mapper && var_append confopt ' ' "--enable-device-mapper"
+if pkginstalled device-mapper; then
+	var_append confopt ' ' "--enable-device-mapper"
+	# configure check for device-mapper fails if it has selinux support
+	pkginstalled -f libselinux && export LDFLAGS="-lselinux"
+fi