diff --git a/cups-provides-cupsd-service.patch b/cups-provides-cupsd-service.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4b18ff9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cups-provides-cupsd-service.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+Index: cups-1.5.4/data/cups.service.in
+===================================================================
+--- cups-1.5.4.orig/data/cups.service.in
++++ cups-1.5.4/data/cups.service.in
+@@ -5,5 +5,6 @@ Description=CUPS Printing Service
+ ExecStart=@sbindir@/cupsd -f
+ 
+ [Install]
++Alias=cupsd.service
+ Also=cups.socket cups.path
+ WantedBy=printer.target
diff --git a/cups.changes b/cups.changes
index 0e3c780..189857a 100644
--- a/cups.changes
+++ b/cups.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Nov 13 13:54:02 UTC 2012 - fcrozat@suse.com
+
+- Add cups-provides-cupsd.service: ensure cupsd.service is provided
+  by cups.service.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Oct 18 12:07:09 UTC 2012 - coolo@suse.com
 
diff --git a/cups.spec b/cups.spec
index b35f738..5a59d24 100644
--- a/cups.spec
+++ b/cups.spec
@@ -137,6 +137,8 @@ Patch104:       cups-1.5-additional_policies.patch
 Patch105:       cups-0001-systemd-add-systemd-socket-activation-and-unit-files.patch
 # Patch106 fixes option --libs in cups-config script:
 Patch106:       cups-config-libs.patch
+# Patch107 provides cupsd.service in cups.service
+Patch107:       cups-provides-cupsd-service.patch
 # Install into this non-root directory (required when norootforbuild is used):
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 
@@ -273,6 +275,8 @@ printer drivers for CUPS.
 %patch105
 # Patch106 fixes option --libs in cups-config script:
 %patch106
+# Patch107 provides cupsd.service in cups.service
+%patch107 -p1
 
 %build
 # Disable SILENT run of make so that make runs verbose as usual: