diff --git a/libdb-4_8.changes b/libdb-4_8.changes
index 62a845f..a544bca 100644
--- a/libdb-4_8.changes
+++ b/libdb-4_8.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Oct  8 16:27:57 UTC 2013 - jengelh@inai.de
+
+- Add update-alternatives rules to db48-utils (bnc#840738)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Jul 23 07:30:46 UTC 2013 - coolo@suse.com
 
diff --git a/libdb-4_8.spec b/libdb-4_8.spec
index 260a9d1..4ef0f2e 100644
--- a/libdb-4_8.spec
+++ b/libdb-4_8.spec
@@ -52,8 +52,9 @@ This package contains the necessary runtime libraries.
 %package -n db48-utils
 Summary:        Command Line tools for Managing Berkeley DB Databases
 Group:          Productivity/Databases/Tools
-Provides:       db-utils = %{version}
-Obsoletes:      db-utils < %{version}
+Provides:       db-utils
+Obsoletes:      db-utils
+PreReq:         update-alternatives
 
 %description -n db48-utils
 The Berkeley DB Database is a programmatic toolkit that provides
@@ -173,8 +174,8 @@ mv %{buildroot}/%{docdir}/collections/tutorial %{buildroot}/%{docdir}/
 rm -rf %{buildroot}%{_libdir}/*.la
 rm -rf %{buildroot}%{_libdir}/tls/*.la
 
-for i in archive checkpoint deadlock dump hotbackup load printlog \
-    recover sql stat upgrade verify; do
+%define util_list archive checkpoint deadlock dump hotbackup load printlog recover sql stat upgrade verify
+for i in %util_list; do
 	mv "%buildroot/%_bindir/db_$i" "%buildroot/%_bindir/db48_$i"
 done
 
@@ -185,6 +186,17 @@ done
 
 %postun -p /sbin/ldconfig
 
+%post -n db48-utils
+for i in %util_list; do
+	"%_sbindir/update-alternatives" --install "%_bindir/db_$i" \
+		"db_$i" "%_bindir/db48_$i" 48
+done
+
+%postun -n db48-utils
+for i in %util_list; do
+	"%_sbindir/update-alternatives" --remove "db_$i" "%_bindir/db_$i"
+done
+
 %files
 %defattr(-,root,root)
 %{_libdir}/libdb-%{major}.%{minor}.so
@@ -208,18 +220,7 @@ done
 
 %files -n db48-utils
 %defattr(-,root,root)
-%{_bindir}/db48_archive
-%{_bindir}/db48_checkpoint
-%{_bindir}/db48_deadlock
-%{_bindir}/db48_dump
-%{_bindir}/db48_hotbackup
-%{_bindir}/db48_load
-%{_bindir}/db48_printlog
-%{_bindir}/db48_recover
-%{_bindir}/db48_sql
-%{_bindir}/db48_stat
-%{_bindir}/db48_upgrade
-%{_bindir}/db48_verify
+%_bindir/db48_*
 
 %files devel
 %defattr(-,root,root)