diff --git a/python-msgpack.changes b/python-msgpack.changes
index c19db88..d55f55e 100644
--- a/python-msgpack.changes
+++ b/python-msgpack.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Feb 26 12:33:08 UTC 2018 - alarrosa@suse.com
+
+- Provide also python-msgpack-python in the python2 package to
+  be able to obsolete the python2-msgpack-python package correctly.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Feb 12 10:27:18 UTC 2018 - dmueller@suse.com
 
diff --git a/python-msgpack.spec b/python-msgpack.spec
index 3fc8d93..6ad3aae 100644
--- a/python-msgpack.spec
+++ b/python-msgpack.spec
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 
 %bcond_without test
 
+%define oldpython python
 %{?!python_module:%define python_module() python-%{**} python3-%{**}}
 Name:           python-msgpack
 Version:        0.5.4
@@ -34,8 +35,12 @@ BuildRequires:  fdupes
 BuildRequires:  gcc-c++
 BuildRequires:  python-rpm-macros
 # was renamed at 0.5.0
-Provides:       python-msgpack-python = 0.5.0
+Provides:       python-msgpack-python = %{version}
 Obsoletes:      python-msgpack-python < 0.5.0
+%ifpython2
+Provides:       %{oldpython}-msgpack-python = %{version}
+Obsoletes:      %{oldpython}-msgpack-python < 0.5.0
+%endif
 %if %{with test}
 # Test requirements:
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module pytest}