diff --git a/lvm2.changes b/lvm2.changes
index fdf199f..dd0eefb 100644
--- a/lvm2.changes
+++ b/lvm2.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Jan 22 14:34:41 UTC 2014 - henrik.kuhn@origenis.de
+
+- added a lvm2-devel package definition 
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Jan  6 07:43:59 UTC 2014 - dmzhang@suse.com
 
diff --git a/lvm2.spec b/lvm2.spec
index 6251891..a4ee02b 100644
--- a/lvm2.spec
+++ b/lvm2.spec
@@ -188,10 +188,11 @@ mv $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/sbin/cmirrord $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr/sbin/cmirrord
 mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr/share
 rm $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/etc/lvm/cache/.cache
 
-#remove lvm-devel parts
-rm -f $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr/include/lvm2cmd.h
-rm -f $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr/include/lvm2app.h
-rm -f $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_libdir}/pkgconfig/lvm2app.pc
+# these files are put into their own devel package
+##remove lvm-devel parts
+#rm -f $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr/include/lvm2cmd.h
+#rm -f $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr/include/lvm2app.h
+#rm -f $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_libdir}/pkgconfig/lvm2app.pc
 #remove device-mapper man page
 rm -f $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_mandir}/man8/dm*
 #remove device-mapper systemd events
@@ -409,4 +410,21 @@ A daemon for using LVM2 Logival Volumes in a clustered environment.
 /usr/lib/ocf/resource.d/lvm2/cmirrord
 %{_mandir}/man8/cmirrord.8.gz
 
+%package devel
+Version:        2.02.98
+Release:        0
+Requires:       lvm2 = %{version}
+Summary:        Development files for LVM2
+Group:          Development/Libraries/C and C++
+
+%description devel
+This package provides development files for the LVM2 Logical Volume Manager.
+
+
+%files devel
+%defattr(-,root,root)
+/usr/include/lvm2cmd.h
+/usr/include/lvm2app.h
+%_libdir/pkgconfig/lvm2app.pc
+
 %changelog