diff --git a/slf4j.changes b/slf4j.changes
index 2b3dd6c..bc12e2a 100644
--- a/slf4j.changes
+++ b/slf4j.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Sep 19 14:22:54 UTC 2013 - mvyskocil@suse.com
+
+- self-provide osgi(slf4j.api) symbol 
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Sep 13 10:51:12 UTC 2013 - mvyskocil@suse.com
 
diff --git a/slf4j.spec b/slf4j.spec
index 81654a5..824dac3 100644
--- a/slf4j.spec
+++ b/slf4j.spec
@@ -45,6 +45,9 @@ BuildRequires:  log4j
 Requires:       cal10n
 Requires:       java
 Requires:       javapackages-tools
+# this is ugly hack, which creates package wich requires the same,
+# however slf4j is not splitted between -api and -impl, but pom files are modeled as it was
+Provides:       osgi(slf4j.api)
 BuildArch:      noarch
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 
@@ -87,6 +90,15 @@ sed -i -e "s|ant<|org.apache.ant<|g" integration/pom.xml
 %{_bindir}/find -name "*.css" -o -name "*.js" -o -name "*.txt" | \
     %{_bindir}/xargs -t %{__perl} -pi -e 's/\r$//g'
 
+# The general pattern is that the API package exports API classes and does
+# # not require impl classes. slf4j was breaking that causing "A cycle was
+# # detected when generating the classpath slf4j.api, slf4j.nop, slf4j.api."
+# # The API bundle requires impl package, so to avoid cyclic dependencies
+# # during build time, it is necessary to mark the imported package as an
+# # optional one.
+# # Reported upstream: http://bugzilla.slf4j.org/show_bug.cgi?id=283
+sed -i "/Import-Package/s/.$/;resolution:=optional&/" slf4j-api/src/main/resources/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
+
 %build
 export CLASSPATH=$(build-classpath log4j \
                    commons-logging \