diff --git a/perl-Text-Markdown.changes b/perl-Text-Markdown.changes
index d27da24..b39c8ca 100644
--- a/perl-Text-Markdown.changes
+++ b/perl-Text-Markdown.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu May 21 09:40:02 UTC 2015 - mailaender@opensuse.org
+
+- add a Debian compatible symlink with update-alternatives
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Dec  9 08:41:49 UTC 2011 - coolo@suse.com
 
diff --git a/perl-Text-Markdown.spec b/perl-Text-Markdown.spec
index 1801cb8..6ef8a4f 100644
--- a/perl-Text-Markdown.spec
+++ b/perl-Text-Markdown.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package perl-Text-Markdown
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2011 SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
+# Copyright (c) 2015 SUSE LINUX GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -28,13 +28,13 @@ Source:         http://www.cpan.org/authors/id/B/BO/BOBTFISH/%{cpan_name}-%{vers
 BuildArch:      noarch
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 BuildRequires:  perl
+BuildRequires:  perl-macros
 BuildRequires:  perl(LWP::Simple)
 BuildRequires:  perl(List::MoreUtils)
 BuildRequires:  perl(Module::Build)
 BuildRequires:  perl(Test::Differences)
 BuildRequires:  perl(Test::Exception)
 BuildRequires:  perl(Text::Diff)
-BuildRequires:  perl-macros
 %{perl_requires}
 
 %description
@@ -63,11 +63,24 @@ tags (like <div> and <table> as well).
 %perl_process_packlist
 %perl_gen_filelist
 
-%clean
-%{__rm} -rf %{buildroot}
+# update-alternatives
+mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/alternatives
+touch %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/alternatives/markdown
+ln -sf %{_sysconfdir}/alternatives/markdown %{buildroot}%{_bindir}/markdown
+
+%post
+update-alternatives \
+	--install %{_bindir}/markdown markdown %{_bindir}/Markdown.pl 30
+
+%postun
+if [ $1 -eq 0 ] ; then
+	update-alternatives --remove markdown %{_bindir}/Markdown.pl
+fi
 
 %files -f %{name}.files
 %defattr(-,root,root,755)
 %doc Changes License.text README Readme.text Todo
+%ghost %{_sysconfdir}/alternatives/markdown
+%{_bindir}/markdown
 
 %changelog