diff --git a/cups.changes b/cups.changes
index e18051e..94c6830 100644
--- a/cups.changes
+++ b/cups.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,17 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Jan  9 17:32:40 CET 2014 - jsmeix@suse.de
+
+- If /usr/share/cups/fonts is a symbolic link
+  (usually /usr/share/cups/fonts -> ../ghostscript/fonts
+   but it does not matter whereto such a link points)
+  then remove the link because CUPS' own Monospace fonts
+  are provided by this package in the /usr/share/cups/fonts/
+  directory but RPM cannot replace a symbolic link by a directory
+  (RPM would complain with "file /usr/share/cups/fonts
+   from install of cups-<new.version> conflicts
+   with file from package cups-<old.version>")
+  see https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=856731#c6
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Jan  8 16:07:44 CET 2014 - jsmeix@suse.de
 
diff --git a/cups.spec b/cups.spec
index 5833130..33ef0a5 100644
--- a/cups.spec
+++ b/cups.spec
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 # Please submit bugfixes or comments via http://bugs.opensuse.org/
 #
 
-
 Name:           cups
 BuildRequires:  dbus-1-devel
 BuildRequires:  fdupes
@@ -471,6 +470,17 @@ EOF
 %if 0%{?have_systemd}
 %service_add_pre cups.service cups.socket cups.path
 %endif
+# If /usr/share/cups/fonts is a symbolic link
+# (usually /usr/share/cups/fonts -> ../ghostscript/fonts
+#  but it does not matter whereto such a link points)
+# then remove the link because CUPS' own Monospace fonts
+# are provided by this package in the /usr/share/cups/fonts/
+# directory but RPM cannot replace a symbolic link by a directory
+# (RPM would complain with "file /usr/share/cups/fonts
+#  from install of cups-<new.version> conflicts
+#  with file from package cups-<old.version>")
+# see https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=856731#c6
+test -L %{_datadir}/cups/fonts && rm %{_datadir}/cups/fonts
 exit 0
 
 %post