diff --git a/python-packaging.changes b/python-packaging.changes
index 76c97ae..797944f 100644
--- a/python-packaging.changes
+++ b/python-packaging.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Jun 17 17:28:43 UTC 2021 - Ben Greiner <code@bnavigator.de>
+
+- Add Provides: for python*dist(packaging): work around boo#1186870 
+- skip tests failing because of no-legacyversion-warning.patch
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sat May  1 21:03:52 UTC 2021 - Dirk Müller <dmueller@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/python-packaging.spec b/python-packaging.spec
index 963ec54..76317c9 100644
--- a/python-packaging.spec
+++ b/python-packaging.spec
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #
-# spec file for package python-packaging-test
+# spec file
 #
 # Copyright (c) 2021 SUSE LLC
 #
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@
 %define psuffix %{nil}
 %bcond_with test
 %endif
+# in order to avoid rewriting for subpackage generator
+%define mypython python
 Name:           python-packaging%{psuffix}
 Version:        20.9
 Release:        0
@@ -50,6 +52,11 @@ BuildRequires:  %{python_module pretend}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module pyparsing >= 2.0.2}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module pytest}
 %endif
+# work around boo#1186870
+Provides:       %{mypython}%{python_version}dist(packaging) = %{version}-%{release}
+%if "%{python_flavor}" == "python3" || "%{python_provides}" == "python3"
+Provides:       %{mypython}3dist(packaging) = %{version}-%{release}
+%endif
 %python_subpackages
 
 %description
@@ -66,7 +73,9 @@ test -d packaging.egg-info
 
 %if %{with test}
 %check
-%pytest
+# no-legacyversion-warning.patch causes these to fail
+%pytest -k "not (test_legacy_specifier_is_deprecated or test_legacy_version_is_deprecated)"
+
 %endif # %%{with_test}
 
 %if !%{with test}