diff --git a/ocaml-curses.changes b/ocaml-curses.changes
index 37c0a7b..995c581 100644
--- a/ocaml-curses.changes
+++ b/ocaml-curses.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Nov 10 10:18:47 UTC 2015 - ohering@suse.de
+
+- Add hardcoded Provides for pre 12.1 repos
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Dec  8 20:39:57 UTC 2014 - mlatimer@suse.com
 
diff --git a/ocaml-curses.spec b/ocaml-curses.spec
index d392648..6e970aa 100644
--- a/ocaml-curses.spec
+++ b/ocaml-curses.spec
@@ -36,6 +36,12 @@ BuildRequires:  ocaml-rpm-macros >= 4.02.1
 BuildRequires:  ocaml-findlib-devel >= 1.3.3-3
 BuildRequires:  ocaml(ocaml.opt)
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
+# ocaml autodep start for pkg: ocaml-curses
+# hardcoded rpm dependency for pre 12.1 to compensate for lack of ocaml() provides/requires
+%if 0%{?suse_version} < 1210
+Requires: ocaml-runtime
+%endif
+# ocaml autodep end for pkg: ocaml-curses
 
 %description
 OCaml bindings for ncurses.