diff --git a/perl.changes b/perl.changes
index 27b7faf..00a65bd 100644
--- a/perl.changes
+++ b/perl.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sun Apr  4 03:25:11 UTC 2010 - aj@suse.de
+
+- Provide perl-base = pversion-release as well since this is 
+  required by some packages.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Mar 31 19:24:32 CEST 2010 - mls@suse.de
 
diff --git a/perl.spec b/perl.spec
index e1d53c0..2c38117 100644
--- a/perl.spec
+++ b/perl.spec
@@ -92,6 +92,9 @@ License:        Artistic License .. ; GPLv2+
 Group:          Development/Languages/Perl
 Summary:        The Perl interpreter
 Provides:       perl-Digest perl-Digest-MD5
+%if "%version" != "%pversion"
+Provides:       perl-base = %pversion-%release
+%endif
 # bug437293
 %ifarch ppc64
 Obsoletes:      perl-64bit