diff --git a/ocaml-ounit.changes b/ocaml-ounit.changes
index ee1bb92..b0545ef 100644
--- a/ocaml-ounit.changes
+++ b/ocaml-ounit.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 Jan 21 20:35:32 UTC 2015 - mlatimer@suse.com
 
diff --git a/ocaml-ounit.spec b/ocaml-ounit.spec
index 1eac2e1..449002a 100644
--- a/ocaml-ounit.spec
+++ b/ocaml-ounit.spec
@@ -31,6 +31,12 @@ BuildRequires:  ocaml-findlib
 BuildRequires:  ocaml-ocamldoc
 BuildRequires:  ocaml-rpm-macros >= 4.02.1
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
+# ocaml autodep start for pkg: ocaml-ounit
+# 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-ounit
 
 %description
 OUnit is a unit test framework for OCaml. It allows one to easily