diff --git a/slurm.changes b/slurm.changes
index bcb1c16..09eaf64 100644
--- a/slurm.changes
+++ b/slurm.changes
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Nov 10 13:52:30 UTC 2017 - eich@suse.com
 
-- Package so-versioned libs separate from non-so-versioned.
-  This way, the non-so-versioned libs can remain installed
-  without conflict.
+- Package so-versioned libs separately. sibslurm is expected
+  to change more frequently and thus is packaged separately
+  from libpmi.
 
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Nov  1 16:15:04 UTC 2017 - eich@suse.com
diff --git a/slurm.spec b/slurm.spec
index 9986cda..6d4fbfb 100644
--- a/slurm.spec
+++ b/slurm.spec
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@
 # Check file META in sources: update so_version to (API_CURRENT - API_AGE)
 %define so_version 31
 %define ver 17.02.9
+# so-version is 0 and seems to be stable
+%define pmi_so 0
 
 # For anything newer than Leap 42.1 and SLE-12-SP1 build compatible to OpenHPC.
 %if 0%{suse_version} > 1320 || 0%{?sle_version} >= 120200
@@ -145,12 +147,12 @@ This package contains the library needed to run programs dynamically linked
 with SLURM.
 
 
-%package -n lib%{name}
+%package -n libpmi-%{name}%{pmi_so}
 Summary:        Libraries for SLURM
 Group:          System/Libraries
 Requires:       %{libslurm} = %version
 
-%description -n lib%{name}
+%description -n libpmi-%{name}%{pmi_so}
 This package contains the library needed to run programs dynamically linked
 with SLURM.
 
@@ -158,7 +160,8 @@ with SLURM.
 %package devel
 Summary:        Development package for SLURM
 Group:          Development/Libraries/C and C++ 
-Requires:       lib%{name} = %{version}
+Requires:       %{libslurm} = %{version}
+Requires:       libpmi-%{name}%{pmi_so} = %{version}
 Requires:       slurm = %{version}
 
 %description devel
@@ -497,8 +500,8 @@ exit 0
 %post -n %{libslurm} -p /sbin/ldconfig
 %postun -n %{libslurm} -p /sbin/ldconfig
 
-%post -n lib%{name} -p /sbin/ldconfig
-%postun -n lib%{name} -p /sbin/ldconfig
+%post -n  libpmi-%{name}%{pmi_so} -p /sbin/ldconfig
+%postun -n  libpmi-%{name}%{pmi_so} -p /sbin/ldconfig
 
 %files
 %defattr(-,root,root)
@@ -608,7 +611,7 @@ exit 0
 %defattr(-,root,root)
 %{_libdir}/*.so.%{so_version}*
 
-%files -n lib%{name}
+%files -n libpmi-%{name}%{pmi_so}
 %defattr(-,root,root)
 %{_libdir}/*.so.0*