diff --git a/ruby-common.changes b/ruby-common.changes
index 44fa335..1df1bcf 100644
--- a/ruby-common.changes
+++ b/ruby-common.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,14 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Sep 15 14:31:22 UTC 2014 - mrueckert@suse.de
+
+- the ruby(abi) = $interpreter:$abiversion was not a good idea. rpm
+  treats the $interpreter part as epoch. instead we use now:
+  $interpreter(abi) = $abiversion
+
+  For MRI it means we are basically back to ruby(abi).
+  Examples for alternative ruby interpreters are rubinius(abi) and
+  jruby(abi) (bnc#896658)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Sep  8 13:03:41 UTC 2014 - mrueckert@suse.de
 
diff --git a/rubygemsdeps.rb b/rubygemsdeps.rb
index 8bdea22..4320106 100644
--- a/rubygemsdeps.rb
+++ b/rubygemsdeps.rb
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ end
 def rubyabi_from_path(path)
   m = path.match(%r{.*/([^/]*)/gems/([^/]*)/.*})
   # return m ? m[1] : RbConfig::CONFIG["ruby_version"]
-  return { :interpreter => m[1], :version => m[2], :abi => "#{m[1]}:#{m[2]}" }
+  return { :interpreter => m[1], :version => m[2], :abi => "#{m[1]}:#{m[2]}", :requires => "#{m[1]}(abi) = #{m[2]}" }
 end
 
 gemspecs = Array.new
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ end
 
 gemspecs.each do |rubyabi_hash, spec|
   rubyabi  = rubyabi_hash[:abi]
+  rubyabi_requires = rubyabi_hash[:requires]
   if provides
     versions = spec.version.to_s.split('.')
     # old forms
@@ -122,7 +123,7 @@ gemspecs.each do |rubyabi_hash, spec|
   end
 
   if requires
-    puts "ruby(abi) = #{rubyabi}" if rubyabi
+    puts rubyabi_requires if rubyabi_requires
     puts "rubygems" if rubyabi_hash[:version].to_f < 1.9
     spec.runtime_dependencies.each do |dep|
       dep.requirement.requirements.each do |r|