diff --git a/update-desktop-files.changes b/update-desktop-files.changes
index 9f30bd9..43b12a4 100644
--- a/update-desktop-files.changes
+++ b/update-desktop-files.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Mar 15 10:53:08 UTC 2018 - lnussel@suse.de
+
+- create separate subpackage that extracts translations from desktop
+  files but does not actually strip them. Needed for SLE.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Jul 14 13:15:57 UTC 2017 - fvogt@suse.com
 
diff --git a/update-desktop-files.spec b/update-desktop-files.spec
index aa2ca61..29b3353 100644
--- a/update-desktop-files.spec
+++ b/update-desktop-files.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package update-desktop-files
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2017 SUSE LINUX GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
+# Copyright (c) 2018 SUSE LINUX GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
 
 Name:           update-desktop-files
-Version:        12.1
+Version:        84.87
 Release:        0
 Summary:        A Build Tool to Update Desktop Files
 License:        GPL-2.0+
@@ -44,15 +44,31 @@ Provides:       brp-trim-desktop = %{version}
 Obsoletes:      brp-trim-desktop < %{version}
 Requires:       awk
 Requires:       libxslt-tools
+Conflicts:      brp-extract-translations
 
 %description -n brp-trim-translations
-Trim translations from all desktop files, polkit actions, mimetype descriptions
+Extract and trim translations from all desktop files, polkit
+actions, mimetype descriptions and AppStream metainfo found in
+build root
+
+%package -n brp-extract-translations
+Summary:        Extract translations from desktop files, polkit actions, mimetype descriptions and AppStream metainfo
+Group:          Development/Tools/Building
+Provides:       brp-trim-desktop = %{version}
+Obsoletes:      brp-trim-desktop < %{version}
+Requires:       libxslt-tools
+Conflicts:      brp-trim-translations
+
+%description -n brp-extract-translations
+Extract translations from all desktop files, polkit actions, mimetype descriptions
 and AppStream metainfo found in build root
 
 %prep
 %setup -q -n . -D -T 0
 mkdir %name
 cd %name
+# supi hack
+sed -e '/awk/d' < %SOURCE4 > brp-extract-translations
 
 %build
 
@@ -61,6 +77,7 @@ mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%_rpmconfigdir
 install -m0755 %SOURCE0 %SOURCE1 $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%_rpmconfigdir
 install -m0644 -D %SOURCE2 $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/etc/rpm/macros.%name
 install -m0755 -D %SOURCE4 $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr/lib/rpm/brp-suse.d/brp-70-trim-translations
+install -m0755 -D %name/brp-extract-translations $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr/lib/rpm/brp-suse.d/brp-70-extract-translations
 
 %files
 %defattr(-,root,root)
@@ -73,4 +90,9 @@ install -m0755 -D %SOURCE4 $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr/lib/rpm/brp-suse.d/brp-70-trim-tr
 %dir %_rpmconfigdir/brp-suse.d/
 %_rpmconfigdir/brp-suse.d/brp-70-trim-translations
 
+%files -n brp-extract-translations
+%defattr(-,root,root)
+%dir %_rpmconfigdir/brp-suse.d/
+%_rpmconfigdir/brp-suse.d/brp-70-extract-translations
+
 %changelog