diff --git a/genders.changes b/genders.changes
index b31e900..7a3abb6 100644
--- a/genders.changes
+++ b/genders.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Jan 30 13:38:14 UTC 2018 - cgoll@suse.com
+
+- removed .la and .a files
+
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Jan 30 11:34:06 UTC 2018 - cgoll@suse.com
+
+- moved the perl and python bindings to seperate packages 
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sun Jan 28 00:18:51 UTC 2018 - eich@suse.com
 
@@ -14,4 +24,5 @@ Sun Jan 28 00:18:51 UTC 2018 - eich@suse.com
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Dec  8 11:07:09 UTC 2017 - cgoll@suse.com
 
+- Needed by (FATE#324149)
 - intial commit if genders version 1.22 
diff --git a/genders.spec b/genders.spec
index 922ddf1..5d17316 100644
--- a/genders.spec
+++ b/genders.spec
@@ -28,8 +28,6 @@ Source:         https://github.com/chaos/genders/releases/download/genders-1-22-
 Patch1:         Fix-Python-package-installation-use-root.patch
 Patch2:		Remove-PERL_DESTDIR-use-DESTDIR-instead.patch
 Patch3:		Remove-all-remains-of-EXTENSION_DESTDIR.patch
-Requires:       perl-base
-Requires:       python
 Url:            https://github.com/chaos/genders
 BuildRequires:  bison
 BuildRequires:  flex
@@ -60,11 +58,29 @@ genders API that is compatible with earlier releases of genders
 %package -n %{pname}-devel
 Summary:        Headers and development files
 Group:          Development/Libraries/C and C++
-Requires:       %{pname}
+Requires:       %{pname} = %{version}
 
 %description -n %{pname}-devel
 genders headers and libraries files needed for development
 
+%package -n python-%{pname}
+Summary:        Python bindings for genders
+Group:          Development/Languages/Perl
+Requires:       %{pname} = %{version}
+Requires:       python
+
+%description -n python-%{pname}
+Necessary files for using genders with python
+
+%package -n perl-%{pname}
+Summary:        Python bindings for genders
+Group:          Development/Languages/Python
+Requires:       %{pname} = %{version}
+Requires:       perl-base = %{perl_version}
+
+%description -n perl-%{pname}
+Necessary files for using genders with perl
+
 %{!?_with_perl_extensions: %{!?_without_perl_extensions: %global _with_perl_extensions --with-perl-extensions}}
 %{!?_with_python_extensions: %{!?_without_python_extensions: %global _with_python_extensions --with-python-extensions}}
 %{!?_with_cplusplus_extensions: %{!?_without_cplusplus_extensions: %global _with_cplusplus_extensions --with-cplusplus-extensions}}
@@ -113,6 +129,11 @@ find "$RPM_BUILD_ROOT" -name .packlist -exec sed -i '/BUILDROOT/d'        {} +
 
 for file in %{buildroot}%{_prefix}/lib/genders/*.pl; do grep '#!/usr/bin/perl' $file || sed -i '1s,^,#!/usr/bin/perl\n,' $file ;done  
 
+# remove .a files
+%if %{?_with_cplusplus_extensions:1}%{!?_with_cplusplus_extensions:0}
+rm -v %{buildroot}%{_libdir}/libgendersplusplus.la
+%endif
+rm -v %{buildroot}%{_libdir}/libgenders.la
 # turn off rpath check... causes failure on libgenders library
 # is a bug in perl-ExtUtils-MakeMaker
 export NO_BRP_CHECK_RPATH=true
@@ -130,18 +151,8 @@ export NO_BRP_CHECK_RPATH=true
 %{_mandir}/man3/libgenders*
 %{_bindir}/*
 %{_libdir}/libgenders.so.*
-%{_libdir}/libgenders.la
-%if %{?_with_perl_extensions:1}%{!?_with_perl_extensions:0}
-%{_mandir}/man3/Libgenders*
-%{_mandir}/man3/Genders*
-%{_perldir}/*
-%endif
-%if %{?_with_python_extensions:1}%{!?_with_python_extensions:0}
-%{_libdir}/python*
-%endif
 %if %{?_with_cplusplus_extensions:1}%{!?_with_cplusplus_extensions:0}
 %{_libdir}/libgendersplusplus.so.*
-%{_libdir}/libgendersplusplus.la
 %endif
 
 %files -n %{pname}-compat
@@ -158,4 +169,16 @@ export NO_BRP_CHECK_RPATH=true
 %{_libdir}/libgendersplusplus.so
 %endif
 
+%files -n python-%{pname}
+%if %{?_with_python_extensions:1}%{!?_with_python_extensions:0}
+%{_libdir}/python*
+%endif
+
+%files -n perl-%{pname}
+%if %{?_with_perl_extensions:1}%{!?_with_perl_extensions:0}
+%{_mandir}/man3/Libgenders*
+%{_mandir}/man3/Genders*
+%{_perldir}/*
+%endif
+
 %changelog