diff --git a/librsvg.changes b/librsvg.changes
index 46a9dda..55c0751 100644
--- a/librsvg.changes
+++ b/librsvg.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Jan  7 12:34:56 CET 2009 - olh@suse.de
+
+- obsolete old -XXbit packages (bnc#437293)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Nov 25 17:22:26 CET 2008 - sbrabec@suse.cz
 
diff --git a/librsvg.spec b/librsvg.spec
index 1a3a581..3f810c6 100644
--- a/librsvg.spec
+++ b/librsvg.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package librsvg (Version 2.22.3)
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2008 SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
+# Copyright (c) 2009 SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -24,6 +24,11 @@ BuildRequires:  docbook-toys gtk-doc gtk2-devel libcroco-devel libgnomeprintui-d
 License:        LGPL v2.1 or later
 Group:          System/Libraries
 AutoReqProv:    on
+# bug437293
+%ifarch ppc64
+Obsoletes:      librsvg-64bit
+%endif
+#
 Provides:       librsvg2
 Obsoletes:      librsvg2
 %if %suse_version > 1010 || 0%{?opensuse_bs}
@@ -33,7 +38,7 @@ BuildRequires:  gecko-sdk
 %endif
 PreReq:         coreutils
 Version:        2.22.3
-Release:        2
+Release:        3
 Summary:        A Library for Rendering SVG Data
 Source:         ftp://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/librsvg/2.18/%{name}-%{version}.tar.bz2
 Patch1:         env-paths.diff
@@ -59,6 +64,11 @@ Provides:       librsvg2-devel
 Obsoletes:      librsvg2-devel
 Requires:       %{name} = %{version} cairo-devel libcroco-devel libbz2-devel glib2-devel gtk2-devel libgsf-devel libart_lgpl-devel popt-devel
 Requires:       rsvg-view
+# bug437293
+%ifarch ppc64
+Obsoletes:      librsvg-devel-64bit
+%endif
+#
 
 %description devel
 This package contains all necessary include files and libraries needed
@@ -171,6 +181,8 @@ touch var/adm/SuSEconfig/run-gtk
 %{_libdir}/browser-plugins/*.so
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Jan 07 2009 olh@suse.de
+- obsolete old -XXbit packages (bnc#437293)
 * Tue Nov 25 2008 sbrabec@suse.cz
 - Supplement gtk2-32bit/gtk2-64bit in baselibs.conf (bnc#354164).
 * Fri Oct 03 2008 mboman@suse.de