diff --git a/xorg-x11-libs.changes b/xorg-x11-libs.changes
index 64d9485..cc14594 100644
--- a/xorg-x11-libs.changes
+++ b/xorg-x11-libs.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,18 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Jan 31 16:31:43 UTC 2018 - sndirsch@suse.com
+
+- raised version number of package; improved definitions for
+  provide/obsolete of xorg-x11-util-devel so makedepend, lndir,
+  gccmakedep, xorg-cf-files and xorg-sgml-doctools no longer
+  conflict with xorg-x11-devel package (bsc#1077489)
+
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Jan 29 11:28:16 UTC 2018 - sndirsch@suse.com
+
+- Directly require packages, which were required by
+  xorg-x11-util-devel meta package; provide/obsolete
+  xorg-x11-util-devel now (bsc#1077489)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sat May  3 10:25:41 UTC 2014 - sndirsch@suse.com
 
diff --git a/xorg-x11-libs.spec b/xorg-x11-libs.spec
index a8476d4..b1420bc 100644
--- a/xorg-x11-libs.spec
+++ b/xorg-x11-libs.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package xorg-x11-libs
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2014 SUSE LINUX Products 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:           xorg-x11-libs
-Version:        7.6
+Version:        7.6.1
 Release:        0
 Summary:        Compatibility metapackage for X.Org libraries
 License:        GPL-2.0+ and MIT
@@ -42,8 +42,10 @@ Group:          Development/Libraries/X11
 Provides:       XFree86-devel
 Provides:       xorg-x11-compat70-devel
 Provides:       xorg-x11-man
+Provides:       xorg-x11-util-devel = 7.6.1
 Obsoletes:      xorg-x11-compat70-devel
 Obsoletes:      xorg-x11-man
+Obsoletes:      xorg-x11-util-devel < 7.6.1
 # bug437293
 %ifarch ppc64
 Obsoletes:      xorg-x11-devel-64bit
@@ -107,8 +109,15 @@ Requires:       xcb-util-0_3_6-devel
 Requires:       xorg-x11-fonts-devel
 Requires:       xorg-x11-libxcb-devel
 Requires:       xorg-x11-libxkbfile-devel
-Requires:       xorg-x11-util-devel
 Requires:       xorg-x11-xtrans-devel
+# Directly require packages, which were required by xorg-x11-util-devel
+# meta package (bsc#1077489)
+Requires:       gccmakedep
+Requires:       imake
+Requires:       lndir
+Requires:       makedepend
+Requires:       xorg-cf-files
+Requires:       xorg-sgml-doctools
 
 %description -n xorg-x11-devel
 This package is a compatibility metapackage. It used to contain the