diff --git a/checksepwarn.diff b/checksepwarn.diff
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..abf4480
--- /dev/null
+++ b/checksepwarn.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+--- ./build/parseReqs.c.orig	2014-02-21 12:25:51.259664860 +0000
++++ ./build/parseReqs.c	2014-02-21 12:28:07.545664619 +0000
+@@ -178,8 +178,14 @@ rpmRC parseRCPOT(rpmSpec spec, Package p
+ 	    if (rpmCharCheck(spec, EVR, ve-v, ".-_+:%{}~")) goto exit;
+ 
+             /* While ':' and '-' are valid, only one of each is valid. */
+-	    if (checkSep(EVR, '-', &emsg) || checkSep(EVR, ':', &emsg))
+-		goto exit;
++	    if (checkSep(EVR, '-', &emsg) || checkSep(EVR, ':', &emsg)) {
++		if (tagflags & (RPMSENSE_FIND_REQUIRES|RPMSENSE_FIND_PROVIDES)) {
++		    rpmlog(RPMLOG_WARNING, "%s: %s\n", emsg, r);
++		} else {
++		    rpmlog(RPMLOG_WARNING, _("line %d: %s: %s\n"), spec->lineNum, emsg, spec->line);
++		}
++		emesg = _free(emsg);
++	    }
+ 
+ 	    re = ve;	/* ==> next token after EVR string starts here */
+ 	} else
diff --git a/rpm.changes b/rpm.changes
index e279326..d8ba0a0 100644
--- a/rpm.changes
+++ b/rpm.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Feb 21 13:33:48 CET 2014 - mls@suse.de
+
+- make the 'douple separator' error a warning
+  new patch: checksepwarn.diff
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Feb 20 16:24:24 CET 2014 - mls@suse.de
 
diff --git a/rpm.spec b/rpm.spec
index b80037d..2b047c3 100644
--- a/rpm.spec
+++ b/rpm.spec
@@ -135,6 +135,7 @@ Patch82:        noposttrans.diff
 Patch85:        brp-compress-no-img.patch
 Patch92:        find-lang-python.patch
 Patch93:        weakdepscompat.diff
+Patch94:        checksepwarn.diff
 Patch6464:      auto-config-update-aarch64-ppc64le.diff
 Patch68000:     m68k.patch
 Patch68001:     debugedit-m68k.patch
@@ -224,7 +225,7 @@ rm -f rpmdb/db.h
 %patch -P 60 -P 61 -P 62 -P 63 -P 64 -P 65 -P 66 -P 67 -P 68 -P 69
 %patch -P 70 -P 71 -P 72 -P 73 -P 74 -P 75 -P 76 -P 77 -P 78 -P 79
 %patch -P 80       -P 82             -P 85                  
-%patch             -P 92 -P 93
+%patch             -P 92 -P 93 -P 94
 
 %ifarch aarch64 ppc64le
 %patch6464