diff --git a/ocaml-fileutils.changes b/ocaml-fileutils.changes
index 7474c05..4f3a939 100644
--- a/ocaml-fileutils.changes
+++ b/ocaml-fileutils.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Nov 10 10:18:47 UTC 2015 - ohering@suse.de
+
+- Add hardcoded Provides for pre 12.1 repos
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Sep 16 08:34:42 UTC 2015 - ohering@suse.de
 
diff --git a/ocaml-fileutils.spec b/ocaml-fileutils.spec
index 2275b03..c5d15a0 100644
--- a/ocaml-fileutils.spec
+++ b/ocaml-fileutils.spec
@@ -30,6 +30,12 @@ BuildRequires:  ocaml-rpm-macros >= 4.02.1
 BuildRequires:  ocaml-findlib-devel >= 1.3.3-3
 BuildRequires:  ocaml-ocamldoc
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
+# ocaml autodep start for pkg: ocaml-fileutils
+# 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-fileutils
 
 %description
 This library is intended to provide a basic interface to the most