diff --git a/python-rpm.spec b/python-rpm.spec
index 34ee7ae..e307442 100644
--- a/python-rpm.spec
+++ b/python-rpm.spec
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 # license that conforms to the Open Source Definition (Version 1.9)
 # published by the Open Source Initiative.
 
-# Please submit bugfixes or comments via https://bugs.opensuse.org/
+# Please submit bugfixes or comments via http://bugs.opensuse.org/
 #
 
 
diff --git a/rpm.changes b/rpm.changes
index 3107232..826d0b5 100644
--- a/rpm.changes
+++ b/rpm.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Aug 28 11:17:12 UTC 2019 - Fabian Vogt <fvogt@suse.com>
+
+- Split librpmbuild into a separate subpackage, it's pulled in by
+  python-rpm
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Aug 23 07:19:03 UTC 2019 - Martin Liška <mliska@suse.cz>
 
diff --git a/rpm.spec b/rpm.spec
index 2f6e999..059a0d7 100644
--- a/rpm.spec
+++ b/rpm.spec
@@ -12,13 +12,15 @@
 # license that conforms to the Open Source Definition (Version 1.9)
 # published by the Open Source Initiative.
 
-# Please submit bugfixes or comments via https://bugs.opensuse.org/
+# Please submit bugfixes or comments via http://bugs.opensuse.org/
 #
 
 
 #Compat macro for new _fillupdir macro introduced in Nov 2017
 %{?!_fillupdir:%define _fillupdir /var/adm/fillup-templates}
 
+%global librpmsover 8
+
 Name:           rpm
 BuildRequires:  binutils
 BuildRequires:  bzip2
@@ -152,6 +154,15 @@ is easy to update packages.  RPM keeps track of all these manipulations
 in a central database.	This way it is possible to get an overview of
 all installed packages.  RPM also supports database queries.
 
+%package -n librpmbuild%{librpmsover}
+Summary:        Library for building RPM packages
+# Was part of rpm before
+Group:          System/Libraries
+Conflicts:      rpm < %{version}
+
+%description -n librpmbuild%{librpmsover}
+Thie package contains a library with functions for building RPM packages.
+
 %package devel
 Summary:        Development files for librpm
 Group:          Development/Libraries/C and C++
@@ -437,10 +448,13 @@ fi
 %dir	%attr(755,root,root) /usr/src/packages/RPMS/*
 	%{_fillupdir}/sysconfig.services-rpm
 
+%files -n librpmbuild%{librpmsover}
+%{_libdir}/librpmbuild.so.%{librpmsover}
+%{_libdir}/librpmbuild.so.%{librpmsover}.*
+
 %files build
 %defattr(-,root,root)
 /usr/bin/rpmbuild
-%{_libdir}/librpmbuild.so.*
 /usr/lib/rpm/elfdeps
 /usr/lib/rpm/rpmdeps
 /usr/lib/rpm/debugedit