diff --git a/ebtables.changes b/ebtables.changes
index 4d988f6..0c942a7 100644
--- a/ebtables.changes
+++ b/ebtables.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Aug 20 18:06:09 UTC 2021 - Stefan Schubert <schubi@suse.de>
+
+- Use libalternatives instead of update-alternatives. 
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Sep  2 14:23:48 UTC 2020 - Dominique Leuenberger <dimstar@opensuse.org>
 
diff --git a/ebtables.spec b/ebtables.spec
index e2c14a8..b2003d2 100644
--- a/ebtables.spec
+++ b/ebtables.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package ebtables
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2020 SUSE LLC
+# Copyright (c) 2021 SUSE LLC
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -16,6 +16,12 @@
 #
 
 
+%if 0%{?suse_version} > 1500
+%bcond_without libalternatives
+%else
+%bcond_with libalternatives
+%endif
+
 #Compat macro for new _fillupdir macro introduced in Nov 2017
 %if ! %{defined _fillupdir}
   %define _fillupdir /var/adm/fillup-templates
@@ -41,8 +47,12 @@ BuildRequires:  xz
 Requires:       netcfg >= 11.6
 Requires(pre):  %fillup_prereq
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
+%if %{with libalternatives}
+Requires:       alts
+%else
 Requires(post): update-alternatives
 Requires(postun): update-alternatives
+%endif
 %{?systemd_ordering}
 
 %description
@@ -99,20 +109,50 @@ rm -rfv %{buildroot}%{_initrddir}
 # not used
 rm -f "%{buildroot}/%{_sysconfdir}/ebtables-config"
 for i in ebtables ebtables-restore ebtables-save; do
-	ln -fsv "/etc/alternatives/$i" "%{buildroot}/%{_sbindir}/$i"
+%if ! %{with libalternatives}    
+        ln -fsv "/etc/alternatives/$i" "%{buildroot}/%{_sbindir}/$i"
+%else
+        ln -fsv  %{_bindir}/alts "%{buildroot}/%_sbindir/$i"
+%endif	
 done
 echo ".so ebtables-legacy.8" >"%buildroot/%_mandir/man8/ebtables.8"
 # no headers to make use of it
 rm -f "%buildroot/%_libdir/libebtc.la" "%buildroot/%_libdir/libebtc.so"
 
+%if %{with libalternatives}
+mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/libalternatives/ebtables
+cat > %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/libalternatives/ebtables/1.conf <<EOF
+binary=%{_sbindir}/ebtables-legacy
+group=ebtables, ebtables-restore, ebtables-save
+EOF
+mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/libalternatives/ebtables-restore
+cat > %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/libalternatives/ebtables-restore/1.conf <<EOF
+binary=%{_sbindir}/ebtables-legacy-restore
+group=ebtables, ebtables-restore, ebtables-save
+EOF
+mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/libalternatives/ebtables-save
+cat > %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/libalternatives/ebtables-save/1.conf <<EOF
+binary=%{_sbindir}/ebtables-legacy-save
+group=ebtables, ebtables-restore, ebtables-save
+EOF
+%endif
+
 %pre
+%if %{with libalternatives}
+# removing old update-alternatives entries
+if [ "$1" -gt 0 ] && [ -f %{_sbindir}/update-alternatives ] ; then
+         update-alternatives --remove ebtables "%{_sbindir}/ebtables-legacy"
+fi
+%endif
 %service_add_pre %{name}.service
 
 %post
+%if ! %{with libalternatives}
 update-alternatives --force \
 	--install "%{_sbindir}/ebtables" ebtables "%{_sbindir}/ebtables-legacy" 1 \
 	--slave "%{_sbindir}/ebtables-restore" ebtables-restore "%{_sbindir}/ebtables-legacy-restore" \
 	--slave "%{_sbindir}/ebtables-save" ebtables-save "%{_sbindir}/ebtables-legacy-save"
+%endif
 %service_add_post %{name}.service
 %fillup_only
 
@@ -120,9 +160,11 @@ update-alternatives --force \
 %service_del_preun %{name}.service
 
 %postun
+%if ! %{with libalternatives}
 if test "$1" = 0; then
 	update-alternatives --remove ebtables "%{_sbindir}/ebtables-legacy"
 fi
+%endif
 %service_del_postun %{name}.service
 
 %post   -n libebtc0 -p /sbin/ldconfig
@@ -135,9 +177,19 @@ fi
 %{_mandir}/man8/ebtables*.8*
 %{_libexecdir}/%{name}-helper
 %{_unitdir}/%{name}.service
+%if ! %{with libalternatives}
 %ghost %{_sysconfdir}/alternatives/ebtables
 %ghost %{_sysconfdir}/alternatives/ebtables-restore
 %ghost %{_sysconfdir}/alternatives/ebtables-save
+%else
+%dir %{_datadir}/libalternatives
+%dir %{_datadir}/libalternatives/ebtables
+%dir %{_datadir}/libalternatives/ebtables-restore
+%dir %{_datadir}/libalternatives/ebtables-save
+%{_datadir}/libalternatives/ebtables/1.conf
+%{_datadir}/libalternatives/ebtables-restore/1.conf
+%{_datadir}/libalternatives/ebtables-save/1.conf
+%endif
 %ghost %{_fillupdir}/sysconfig.%{name}.filter
 %ghost %{_fillupdir}/sysconfig.%{name}.nat
 %ghost %{_fillupdir}/sysconfig.%{name}.broute