diff --git a/taglib.spec b/taglib.spec
index 1d5d851..22d658c 100644
--- a/taglib.spec
+++ b/taglib.spec
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ BuildRequires:  pkg-config
 BuildRequires:  update-desktop-files
 %endif
 BuildRequires:  zlib-devel
+Requires:       libtag1
+Requires:       libtag_c0
 
 %description
 TagLib is a library for reading and editing the meta-data of several popular
@@ -126,6 +128,11 @@ cp -a AUTHORS COPYING.LGPL COPYING.MPL NEWS doc/html/ examples/ %{buildroot}%{_d
 
 %fdupes -s %{buildroot}
 
+echo <<EOF >README.taglib
+This package only acts as a placeholder until all packages that use taglib
+have upgraded to the new package names libtag1 and libtag_c0.
+EOF
+
 %check
 # check the library
 #pushd tests
@@ -162,4 +169,8 @@ cp -a AUTHORS COPYING.LGPL COPYING.MPL NEWS doc/html/ examples/ %{buildroot}%{_d
 %{_libdir}/pkgconfig/*.pc
 %{_datadir}/susehelp/
 
+%files
+%defattr(-,root,root,-)
+%doc README.taglib
+
 %changelog