diff --git a/python-sip.changes b/python-sip.changes
index 675016e..78c9cba 100644
--- a/python-sip.changes
+++ b/python-sip.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon May 15 22:33:42 UTC 2017 - toddrme2178@gmail.com
+
+- Provide a basic api version macro
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Apr  3 17:22:56 UTC 2017 - hpj@urpla.net
 
diff --git a/python-sip.spec b/python-sip.spec
index 221c399..afccfcf 100644
--- a/python-sip.spec
+++ b/python-sip.spec
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ for any C or C++ library.
 Summary:        SIP tool to create python bindings
 Group:          Development/Libraries/Python
 Requires:       %{name} = %{version}
+Requires:       %{name}-common = %{version}
 Requires:       c++_compiler
 Requires:       python-devel
 Provides:       %{name}-bin = %{version}
@@ -142,15 +143,17 @@ mv %{buildroot}%{_bindir}/sip %{buildroot}%{_bindir}/sip-%{$python_bin_suffix}
 
 mkdir -p %{buildroot}/%{_sysconfdir}/rpm/
 
+echo "%%python_sip_api_ver %{python_sip_api}" > %{buildroot}/%{_sysconfdir}/rpm/macros.python_all-sip
+
 %if 0%{have_python2}
-echo "%%requires_python2_sip_api Requires: %{python2_prefix}-sip(api) = %{python_sip_api}" > %{buildroot}/%{_sysconfdir}/rpm/macros.%{python2_prefix}-sip
-echo "%%requires_python_sip_api Requires: %{python2_prefix}-sip(api) = %{python_sip_api}" >> %{buildroot}/%{_sysconfdir}/rpm/macros.%{python2_prefix}-sip
+echo "%%requires_python2_sip_api Requires: %{python2_prefix}-sip(api) = %%python_sip_api_ver" > %{buildroot}/%{_sysconfdir}/rpm/macros.%{python2_prefix}-sip
+echo "%%requires_python_sip_api Requires: %{python2_prefix}-sip(api) = %%python_sip_api_ver" >> %{buildroot}/%{_sysconfdir}/rpm/macros.%{python2_prefix}-sip
 
 %py_compile %{buildroot}%{python2_sitearch}
 %endif
 
 %if 0%{have_python3}
-echo "%%requires_python3_sip_api Requires: %{python3_prefix}-sip(api) = %{python_sip_api}" > %{buildroot}/%{_sysconfdir}/rpm/macros.%{python3_prefix}-sip
+echo "%%requires_python3_sip_api Requires: %{python3_prefix}-sip(api) = %%python_sip_api_ver" > %{buildroot}/%{_sysconfdir}/rpm/macros.%{python3_prefix}-sip
 
 %py3_compile %{buildroot}%{python3_sitearch}
 %endif
@@ -190,6 +193,7 @@ mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/sip
 %files -n python-sip-common
 %defattr(-,root,root,-)
 %doc LICENSE*
+%config %{_sysconfdir}/rpm/macros.python_all-sip
 %{_datadir}/sip/
 
 %changelog