diff --git a/gtk2.changes b/gtk2.changes
index 42baf1f..60e27c8 100644
--- a/gtk2.changes
+++ b/gtk2.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Dec  8 22:11:26 UTC 2011 - dimstar@opensuse.org
+
+- Split typelib files in subpackage typelib-1_0-Gtk-2_0.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Nov 15 11:10:55 UTC 2011 - vuntz@opensuse.org
 
diff --git a/gtk2.spec b/gtk2.spec
index 375eb4d..80e136c 100644
--- a/gtk2.spec
+++ b/gtk2.spec
@@ -112,6 +112,15 @@ GTK+ is a multi-platform toolkit for creating graphical user interfaces.
 Offering a complete set of widgets, GTK+ is suitable for projects
 ranging from small one-off projects to complete application suites.
 
+%package -n typelib-1_0-Gtk-2_0
+Summary:        The GTK+ toolkit library (version 2)
+Group:          System/Libraries
+
+%description -n typelib-1_0-Gtk-2_0
+GTK+ is a multi-platform toolkit for creating graphical user interfaces.
+Offering a complete set of widgets, GTK+ is suitable for projects
+ranging from small one-off projects to complete application suites.
+
 %package immodule-amharic
 License:        LGPLv2.1+
 Summary:        The GTK+ toolkit library (version 2) -- Amharic Input Method
@@ -274,6 +283,7 @@ License:        LGPLv2.1+
 Summary:        The GTK+ toolkit library (version 2) -- Development Files
 Group:          Development/Libraries/X11
 Requires:       libgtk-2_0-0 = %{version}
+Requires:       typelib-1_0-Gtk-2_0 = %{version}
 # gtk-builder-convert needs this.
 Requires:       python-xml
 # gail is part of gtk+ as of 2.13.x
@@ -496,6 +506,9 @@ fi
 %{_libdir}/libgailutil.so.*
 %{_libdir}/libgdk-x11-2.0.so.*
 %{_libdir}/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.*
+
+%files -n typelib-1_0-Gtk-2_0
+%defattr(-,root,root)
 %{_libdir}/girepository-1.0/Gdk-2.0.typelib
 %{_libdir}/girepository-1.0/GdkX11-2.0.typelib
 %{_libdir}/girepository-1.0/Gtk-2.0.typelib