diff --git a/ImageMagick.changes b/ImageMagick.changes
index a97a9dd..33c18c7 100644
--- a/ImageMagick.changes
+++ b/ImageMagick.changes
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ Thu Feb 28 11:44:05 UTC 2019 - pgajdos@suse.com
   * ImageMagick-config-SUSE (preferred)
     - provides configuration provided by SUSE (with security
       restrictions)
+  and use update-alternatives for selecting configurations.
 - deleted patches
   - ImageMagick-disable-insecure-coders.patch (renamed)
 - added patches
diff --git a/ImageMagick.spec b/ImageMagick.spec
index eb552de..5d04de4 100644
--- a/ImageMagick.spec
+++ b/ImageMagick.spec
@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@
 %define cwandver       6
 %define cxxlibver      4
 %define libspec        -%{maj}_Q%{quantum_depth}HDRI
-%define config_dir     ImageMagick%{libspec}%{clibver}
+%define config_dir     ImageMagick-7
+%define config_spec    config-7
 # bsc#1088463
 %define urw_base35_fonts 0
 
@@ -171,7 +172,7 @@ Summary:        C runtime library for ImageMagick
 Group:          Productivity/Graphics/Other
 Recommends:     ghostscript
 Suggests:       %{name}-extra = %{version}
-Requires:       imagick-config = %{version}
+Requires:       imagick-%{config_spec} = %{version}
 Recommends:     %{name}-config-SUSE = %{version}
 
 %package -n libMagickWand%{libspec}%{cwandver}
@@ -201,32 +202,19 @@ Group:          Documentation/HTML
 BuildArch:      noarch
 %endif
 
-%package config-upstream
+%package %{config_spec}-upstream
 Summary:        Upstream Configuration Files
 Group:          Development/Libraries/C and C++
-Provides:       imagick-config = %{version}
-Conflicts:      %{name}-config-SUSE
+Provides:       imagick-%{config_spec}
+Requires(post): update-alternatives
+Requires(postun): update-alternatives
 
-%description config-upstream
-ImageMagick configuration as provided by upstream. It does not
-provide any security restrictions. ImageMagick will be vulnerable
-for example by ImageTragick or PS/PDF coder issues. It should
-be used in trusted environment. Version or maintenance updates
-will not overwrite user changes in system configuration.
-
-%package config-SUSE
+%package %{config_spec}-SUSE
 Summary:        Upstream Configuration Files
 Group:          Development/Libraries/C and C++
-Provides:       imagick-config = %{version}
-Conflicts:      %{name}-config-upstream
-
-%description config-SUSE
-ImageMagick configuration as provide by SUSE. It is more security
-aware than config-upstream variant. It does disable some coders, 
-that are insecure by design to prevent user to use them
-inadvertently. Configuration can be subject of change by future
-version and maintenance updates and system changes will not be
-preserved.
+Provides:       imagick-%{config_spec}
+Requires(post): update-alternatives
+Requires(postun): update-alternatives
 
 %description
 ImageMagick is a robust collection of tools and libraries to read,
@@ -326,6 +314,22 @@ support multiple generations of an image in memory at one time.
 %description doc
 HTML documentation for ImageMagick library and scene examples.
 
+%description %{config_spec}-upstream
+ImageMagick configuration as supplied by upstream. It does not
+provide any security restrictions. ImageMagick will be vulnerable
+for example by ImageTragick or PS/PDF coder issues. It should
+be used in trusted environment. Version or maintenance updates
+will not overwrite user changes in system configuration.
+
+%description %{config_spec}-SUSE
+ImageMagick configuration as provide by SUSE. It is more security
+aware than config-upstream variant. It does disable some coders, 
+that are insecure by design to prevent user to use them
+inadvertently. Configuration can be subject of change by future
+version and maintenance updates and system changes will not be
+preserved.
+
+
 %prep
 %setup -q -n ImageMagick-%{source_version}
 %patch2 -p1
@@ -344,7 +348,6 @@ sed -i 's:\.t1:.otf:'      config/type-urw-base35.xml.in
 # make library binary package parallel installable
 export MODULES_DIRNAME="modules%{libspec}%{clibver}"
 export SHAREARCH_DIRNAME="config%{libspec}%{clibver}"
-export CONFIGURE_RELATIVE_PATH="%{config_dir}"
 %if %{debug_build}
 export CFLAGS="%{optflags} -O0"
 export CXXFLAGS="%{optflags} -O0"
@@ -396,9 +399,6 @@ make -j1 perl-build
 # mostly because */demo is used later with %check
 # polutting dir with .libs etc.
 cp -r Magick++/demo Magick++/examples
-%if 0%{?suse_version} < 1315
-rm -r Magick++/examples/.deps
-%endif
 cp -r PerlMagick/demo PerlMagick/examples
 # other improvements
 chmod -x PerlMagick/demo/*.pl
@@ -442,6 +442,8 @@ mv -t %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/%{name}* %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/%{name}*/*.xml
 mv %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/%{config_dir}{,-upstream}
 cp -r %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/%{config_dir}{-upstream,-SUSE}
 patch --dir %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/%{config_dir}-SUSE < %{PATCH0}
+mkdir -p  %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/alternatives/
+ln -sf %{_sysconfdir}/alternatives/%{config_dir} %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/%{config_dir}
 # symlink header file relative to /usr/include/ImageMagick-7/
 # so that inclusions like wand/*.h and magick/*.h work
 ln -s ./MagickCore %{buildroot}%{_includedir}/%{name}-%{maj}/magick
@@ -469,22 +471,23 @@ sed -i 's:%{buildroot}::' %{buildroot}/%{_libdir}/ImageMagick-%{mfr_version}/con
 %post -n libMagick++%{libspec}%{cxxlibver} -p /sbin/ldconfig
 %postun -n libMagick++%{libspec}%{cxxlibver} -p /sbin/ldconfig
 
-%post config-upstream
-ln -sf %{_sysconfdir}/%{config_dir}-upstream %{_sysconfdir}/%{config_dir}
+%post %{config_spec}-upstream
+%{_sbindir}/update-alternatives --install %{_sysconfdir}/%{config_dir}  %{config_dir}   %{_sysconfdir}/%{config_dir}-upstream  1
 
-%postun config-upstream
-rm -f %{_sysconfdir}/%{config_dir}
+%postun %{config_spec}-upstream
+if [ ! -d %{_sysconfdir}/%{config_dir}-upstream ] ; then
+    %{_sbindir}/update-alternatives --remove %{config_dir}  %{_sysconfdir}/%{config_dir}-upstream
+fi
 
-%post config-SUSE
-ln -sf %{_sysconfdir}/%{config_dir}-SUSE     %{_sysconfdir}/%{config_dir}
+%post %{config_spec}-SUSE
+%{_sbindir}/update-alternatives --install %{_sysconfdir}/%{config_dir}  %{config_dir}   %{_sysconfdir}/%{config_dir}-SUSE      10
 
-%postun config-SUSE
-rm -f %{_sysconfdir}/%{config_dir}
+%postun %{config_spec}-SUSE
+if [ ! -d %{_sysconfdir}/%{config_dir}-SUSE ] ; then
+    %{_sbindir}/update-alternatives --remove %{config_dir}  %{_sysconfdir}/%{config_dir}-SUSE
+fi
 
 %files
-%if 0%{?suse_version} < 1315
-%defattr(-,root,root)
-%endif
 %license LICENSE
 %doc ChangeLog NEWS.txt
 %{_bindir}/[^MW]*
@@ -492,9 +495,6 @@ rm -f %{_sysconfdir}/%{config_dir}
 %exclude %{_mandir}/man1/*-config.1%{ext_man}
 
 %files -n libMagickCore%{libspec}%{clibver}
-%if 0%{?suse_version} < 1315
-%defattr(-,root,root)
-%endif
 %license LICENSE
 %doc ChangeLog NEWS.txt
 %{_libdir}/libMagickCore*.so.%{clibver}*
@@ -514,16 +514,10 @@ rm -f %{_sysconfdir}/%{config_dir}
 %{_libdir}/ImageMagick*/config*
 
 %files -n libMagickWand%{libspec}%{cwandver}
-%if 0%{?suse_version} < 1315
-%defattr(-,root,root)
-%endif
 %{_libdir}/libMagickWand*.so.%{cwandver}*
 
 %if !%{debug_build}
 %files extra
-%if 0%{?suse_version} < 1315
-%defattr(-,root,root)
-%endif
 %{_libdir}/ImageMagick*/modules*/*/wmf.so
 # don't remove la files, see bnc#579798
 %if 0%{?suse_version} > 1315
@@ -535,9 +529,6 @@ rm -f %{_sysconfdir}/%{config_dir}
 %endif
 
 %files devel
-%if 0%{?suse_version} < 1315
-%defattr(-,root,root)
-%endif
 %{_libdir}/libMagickCore*.so
 %{_libdir}/libMagickWand*.so
 %dir %{_includedir}/ImageMagick*
@@ -554,28 +545,16 @@ rm -f %{_sysconfdir}/%{config_dir}
 %exclude %{_mandir}/man1/Magick++-config.1%{ext_man}
 
 %files -n perl-PerlMagick
-%if 0%{?suse_version} < 1315
-%defattr(-,root,root)
-%endif
 %doc PerlMagick/README.txt
 %doc PerlMagick/examples
 %{_mandir}/man3/*
 %{perl_vendorarch}/auto/Image
 %{perl_vendorarch}/Image
-%if 0%{?suse_version} < 1315
-%{_localstatedir}/adm/perl-modules/ImageMagick
-%endif
 
 %files -n libMagick++%{libspec}%{cxxlibver}
-%if 0%{?suse_version} < 1315
-%defattr(-,root,root)
-%endif
 %{_libdir}/libMagick++*.so.%{cxxlibver}*
 
 %files -n libMagick++-devel
-%if 0%{?suse_version} < 1315
-%defattr(-,root,root)
-%endif
 %doc Magick++/examples
 %doc Magick++/NEWS Magick++/README Magick++/AUTHORS
 %{_libdir}/libMagick++*.so
@@ -586,17 +565,18 @@ rm -f %{_sysconfdir}/%{config_dir}
 %{_mandir}/man1/Magick++-config.1%{ext_man}
 
 %files doc
-%if 0%{?suse_version} < 1315
-%defattr(-,root,root)
-%endif
 %{_defaultdocdir}/%{name}-%{maj}
 
-%files config-upstream
+%files %{config_spec}-upstream
 %dir %{_sysconfdir}/ImageMagick*-upstream/
 %config(noreplace) %{_sysconfdir}/ImageMagick*-upstream/*
+%{_sysconfdir}/%{config_dir}
+%ghost %{_sysconfdir}/alternatives/%{config_dir}
 
-%files config-SUSE
+%files %{config_spec}-SUSE
 %dir %{_sysconfdir}/ImageMagick*-SUSE/
 %config %{_sysconfdir}/ImageMagick*-SUSE/*
+%{_sysconfdir}/%{config_dir}
+%ghost %{_sysconfdir}/alternatives/%{config_dir}
 
 %changelog