diff --git a/python-base.changes b/python-base.changes
index bafcae0..775c70b 100644
--- a/python-base.changes
+++ b/python-base.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue May 31 17:58:30 UTC 2011 - jmatejek@novell.com
+
+- added explicit requires to libpython-%version-%release
+  to prevent bugs like bnc#697251 reappearing
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue May 24 14:27:05 UTC 2011 - jmatejek@novell.com
 
diff --git a/python-base.spec b/python-base.spec
index 0e15479..56fae0d 100644
--- a/python-base.spec
+++ b/python-base.spec
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ Obsoletes:      python-64bit
 #
 Summary:        Python Interpreter base package
 Version:        2.7.1
-Release:        1
+Release:        5
 %define         tarversion      %{version}
 %define         tarname         Python-%{tarversion}
 Source0:        %{tarname}.tar.bz2
@@ -56,6 +56,9 @@ BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 %define         python_version    %(echo %{version} | head -c 3)
 Provides:       %{name} = %{python_version}
 
+# explicitly, see bnc#697251
+Requires: libpython2_7-1_0 = %{version}-%{release}
+
 %description
 Python is an interpreted, object-oriented programming language, and is
 often compared to Tcl, Perl, Scheme, or Java.  You can find an overview
diff --git a/python-doc.spec b/python-doc.spec
index 596933e..f8f0203 100644
--- a/python-doc.spec
+++ b/python-doc.spec
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ Group:          Development/Languages/Python
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 Summary:        Additional Package Documentation for Python.
 Version:        2.7
-Release:        9
+Release:        5
 %define pyver   2.7.1
 BuildArch:      noarch
 %define       tarname        Python-%{pyver}
diff --git a/python.spec b/python.spec
index 0b0da15..0019f0e 100644
--- a/python.spec
+++ b/python.spec
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ Obsoletes:      python-64bit
 Obsoletes:      python-nothreads python21 python-elementtree python-sqlite
 Summary:        Python Interpreter
 Version:        2.7.1
-Release:        1
+Release:        5
 Requires:       python-base = %{version}
 %define         tarversion      %{version}
 %define         tarname         Python-%{tarversion}