--- /dev/null
+Index: icu-52~m1/source/config/mh-linux
+===================================================================
+--- icu-52~m1.orig/source/config/mh-linux 2013-09-14 18:53:23.284040467 -0400
++++ icu-52~m1/source/config/mh-linux 2013-09-14 18:53:23.284040467 -0400
+@@ -21,7 +21,9 @@
+ LD_RPATH_PRE = -Wl,-rpath,
+
+ ## These are the library specific LDFLAGS
+-LDFLAGSICUDT=-nodefaultlibs -nostdlib
++#LDFLAGSICUDT=-nodefaultlibs -nostdlib
++# Debian change: linking icudata as data only causes too many problems.
++LDFLAGSICUDT=
+
+ ## Compiler switch to embed a library name
+ # The initial tab in the next line is to prevent icu-config from reading it.