diff --git a/tdb.changes b/tdb.changes
index 3e44657..335ba46 100644
--- a/tdb.changes
+++ b/tdb.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sun Jun  3 21:46:25 UTC 2012 - lmuelle@suse.com
+
+- Define library name and use it instead of libtdb1.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sat Jun  2 20:17:54 UTC 2012 - lmuelle@suse.com
 
diff --git a/tdb.spec b/tdb.spec
index 4077d2f..ec59528 100644
--- a/tdb.spec
+++ b/tdb.spec
@@ -53,7 +53,8 @@ internally to keep writers from trampling on each other. TDB is also extremely
 small.
 
 
-%package -n libtdb1
+%define libtdb_name libtdb1
+%package -n %{libtdb_name}
 License:        GPL-3.0+
 Summary:        Libraries and Header Files to Develop Programs with tdb1 Support
 Group:          System/Libraries
@@ -64,7 +65,7 @@ Requires:       pkgconfig
 %endif
 PreReq:         /sbin/ldconfig
 
-%description -n libtdb1
+%description -n %{libtdb_name}
 TDB is a Trivial Database. In concept, it is very much like GDBM, and BSD's DB
 except that it allows multiple simultaneous writers and uses locking
 internally to keep writers from trampling on each other. TDB is also extremely
@@ -77,7 +78,7 @@ This package contains the tdb1 library.
 License:        GPL-3.0+
 Summary:        Libraries and Header Files to Develop Programs with tdb1 Support
 Group:          Development/Libraries/C and C++
-Requires:       libtdb1 = %{version}
+Requires:       %{libtdb_name} = %{version}
 %if 0%{?suse_version} > 1020
 Requires:       pkg-config
 %else
@@ -111,7 +112,7 @@ This package contains tools to manage Tdb files.
 License:        GPL-3.0+
 Summary:        Python bindings for the Tdb library
 Group:          Development/Libraries/Python
-Requires:       libtdb1 = %{version}
+Requires:       %{libtdb_name} = %{version}
 
 %description -n python-tdb
 This package contains the python bindings for the Tdb library.
@@ -144,15 +145,15 @@ CONFIGURE_OPTIONS="\
 %install
 DESTDIR=${RPM_BUILD_ROOT} make install
 
-%post -n libtdb1 -p /sbin/ldconfig
+%post -n %{libtdb_name} -p /sbin/ldconfig
 
-%postun -n libtdb1 -p /sbin/ldconfig
+%postun -n %{libtdb_name} -p /sbin/ldconfig
 
 %post -n python-tdb -p /sbin/ldconfig
 
 %postun -n python-tdb -p /sbin/ldconfig
 
-%files -n libtdb1
+%files -n %{libtdb_name}
 %defattr(-,root,root)
 %{_libdir}/libtdb.so.*