diff --git a/libsoup.changes b/libsoup.changes
index 8c60d2d..478a19c 100644
--- a/libsoup.changes
+++ b/libsoup.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Dec  8 20:13:05 UTC 2011 - dimstar@opensuse.org
+
+- Split typelib files into typelib-1_0-Soup-2_4.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Nov 22 09:44:02 UTC 2011 - vuntz@opensuse.org
 
diff --git a/libsoup.spec b/libsoup.spec
index 1f0830c..ae3fded 100644
--- a/libsoup.spec
+++ b/libsoup.spec
@@ -79,11 +79,20 @@ Features:
   * Server support for Digest and Basic authentication
   * XML-RPC support
 
+%package -n typelib-1_0-Soup-2_4
+Summary:        HTTP client/server library for GNOME
+Group:          System/Libraries
+
+%description -n typelib-1_0-Soup-2_4
+Libsoup is an HTTP client/server library for GNOME. It uses GObjects
+and the glib main loop, to integrate well with GNOME applications.
+
 %package devel
 License:        LGPLv2.1+
 Summary:        HTTP client/server library for GNOME - Development Files
 Group:          Development/Libraries/GNOME
 Requires:       %{name} = %{version} glib2-devel libgnutls-devel libgcrypt-devel libgpg-error-devel libxml2-devel
+Requires:       typelib-1_0-Soup-2_4 = %{version}
 Provides:       %{name}-doc = %{version}
 Obsoletes:      %{name}-doc < %{version}
 # bug437293
@@ -129,6 +138,9 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 %defattr(-, root, root)
 %doc README COPYING NEWS AUTHORS
 %{_libdir}/*.so.*
+
+%files -n typelib-1_0-Soup-2_4
+%defattr(-,root,root)
 %{_libdir}/girepository-1.0/Soup-2.4.typelib
 %{_libdir}/girepository-1.0/SoupGNOME-2.4.typelib