diff --git a/ocaml-findlib.changes b/ocaml-findlib.changes
index 8793029..cd3b9a6 100644
--- a/ocaml-findlib.changes
+++ b/ocaml-findlib.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Nov 10 10:18:47 UTC 2015 - ohering@suse.de
+
+- Add hardcoded Provides for pre 12.1 repos
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Oct 23 17:01:25 UTC 2014 - ohering@suse.de
 
diff --git a/ocaml-findlib.spec b/ocaml-findlib.spec
index 559246f..536527e 100644
--- a/ocaml-findlib.spec
+++ b/ocaml-findlib.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package ocaml-findlib
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2014 SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
+# Copyright (c) 2015 SUSE LINUX GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
 # Copyright (c) 2010-2011 Andrew Psaltis <ampsaltis at gmail dot com>
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
@@ -29,6 +29,12 @@ Url:            http://projects.camlcity.org/projects/findlib.html
 Source0:        findlib-%{version}.tar.xz
 Patch0:         findlib-1.3.3.patch
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
+# ocaml autodep start for pkg: ocaml-findlib
+# 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-findlib
 
 Provides:       ocamlfind = %{version}