diff --git a/man.changes b/man.changes
index 45e3161..b508db9 100644
--- a/man.changes
+++ b/man.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Sep 11 19:34:46 UTC 2020 - Antoine Belvire <antoine.belvire@opensuse.org>
+
+- Add migration code to handle upgrade from old version of the man
+  package not supporting alternative path move (boo#1175919).
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sun Aug 30 17:39:08 UTC 2020 - Antoine Belvire <antoine.belvire@opensuse.org>
 
diff --git a/man.spec b/man.spec
index aed88f5..fb64718 100644
--- a/man.spec
+++ b/man.spec
@@ -295,6 +295,15 @@ test -d var/catman/ && rm -rf var/catman/ || true
 	--slave   %{_mandir}/man1/apropos.1%{?ext_man} apropos.1%{?ext_man} %{_mandir}/man1/apropos-db.1%{?ext_man} \
 	--slave   %{_mandir}/man1/whatis.1%{?ext_man}  whatis.1%{?ext_man}  %{_mandir}/man1/whatis-db.1%{?ext_man}
 
+# Old man packages did not apply the proper update-alternatives calls to ensure
+# alternative path move. As a result, the alternative path move induced by
+# libexecdir move breaks man wrapper (boo#1175919). Hence the following migration
+# code for upgrades from Leap 15.2 or Tumbleweed snapshots older than 20200826.
+# To be removed when support for upgrades from Leap 15.2 is dropped (dec. 2021).
+if [ %{_libexecdir} != %{_prefix}/lib ] && [ -f %{_prefix}/lib/man-db/wrapper ] ; then
+   update-alternatives --quiet --remove man %{_prefix}/lib/man-db/wrapper
+fi
+
 %preun
 %if %{with sdtimer}
 %service_del_preun man-db-create.service