diff --git a/baselibs.conf b/baselibs.conf
index 51a381d..73d986e 100644
--- a/baselibs.conf
+++ b/baselibs.conf
@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
 libspeex1
    obsoletes "libspeex-<targettype> <= 1.1.99.91"
-libspeexdsp1
diff --git a/speex.changes b/speex.changes
index 33a008d..a327d27 100644
--- a/speex.changes
+++ b/speex.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sat Aug 22 03:13:28 UTC 2015 - bwiedemann@suse.com
+
+- make speex-devel require speexdsp-devel to be backward compatible
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Mar 11 16:52:39 UTC 2015 - jengelh@inai.de
 
diff --git a/speex.spec b/speex.spec
index a78d3ad..ec2664a 100644
--- a/speex.spec
+++ b/speex.spec
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ to the Vorbis codec.
 Summary:        Development package for SpeeX
 Group:          Development/Libraries/C and C++
 Requires:       %{libname} = %{version}
-Recommends:     libspeexdsp-devel
+Requires:       speexdsp-devel
 Provides:       libspeex-devel = %{version}-%{release}
 Obsoletes:      libspeex-devel < %{version}-%{release}