diff --git a/rust.changes b/rust.changes
index 6397bca..bf21d25 100644
--- a/rust.changes
+++ b/rust.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Jan 17 10:56:59 UTC 2022 - Dominique Leuenberger <dimstar@opensuse.org>
+
+- Provide rust+cargo by cargo: all cargo<n> package provide this
+  symbol too. Having the meta package provide it allows OBS to have
+  a generic prefernece on the meta package for all packages 'just'
+  requiring rust+cargo.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Jan 14 05:48:07 UTC 2022 - William Brown <william.brown@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/rust.spec b/rust.spec
index 5e22df1..48e5340 100644
--- a/rust.spec
+++ b/rust.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package rust
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2021 SUSE LLC
+# Copyright (c) 2022 SUSE LLC
 # Copyright (c) 2021 William Brown <william@blackhats.net.au>
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ License:        Apache-2.0 OR MIT
 Group:          Development/Languages/Rust
 Requires:       cargo%{version_suffix}
 Requires:       rust = %{version}
+Provides:       rust+cargo = %{version}
 %obsolete_rust_versioned cargo
 
 %description -n cargo