diff --git a/sysvinit.changes b/sysvinit.changes
index 2451dcd..2b1599e 100644
--- a/sysvinit.changes
+++ b/sysvinit.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Mar  3 13:22:11 UTC 2010 - coolo@novell.com
+
+- provide sbin_init (so external packages can require either sysvinit
+  or upstart)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Feb 11 13:36:19 UTC 2010 - coolo@novell.com
 
diff --git a/sysvinit.spec b/sysvinit.spec
index d7e9b0d..2c7cd7b 100644
--- a/sysvinit.spec
+++ b/sysvinit.spec
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ Patch18:        sysvinit-2.86-selinux.patch
 Patch19:        sysvinit-2.86-fuse-no-kill.patch
 Patch20:        sysvinit-2.86-mdmon-no-kill.patch
 Requires:       sysvinit-tools
+Provides:       sbin_init
 
 %description
 System V style init programs by Miquel van Smoorenburg that control the