diff --git a/python-mutagen.changes b/python-mutagen.changes
index 0c3a1f0..fe212c0 100644
--- a/python-mutagen.changes
+++ b/python-mutagen.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Oct 14 11:51:34 UTC 2013 - i@marguerite.su
+
+- Implement update-alternatives
+  * prepare for python3-mutagenx, which has the same binaries/manpages
+    as this one but still in python2 state.
+  * it just doesn't hurt...
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sun Oct 13 12:13:39 UTC 2013 - p.drouand@gmail.com
 
diff --git a/python-mutagen.spec b/python-mutagen.spec
index 14097d9..e623e4c 100644
--- a/python-mutagen.spec
+++ b/python-mutagen.spec
@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@
 # Please submit bugfixes or comments via http://bugs.opensuse.org/
 #
 
+
+%{!?python_sitelib: %global python_sitelib %(python -c "from distutils.sysconfig import get_python_lib; print get_python_lib()")}
+%{!?py_ver %global py_ver %(python -c "import sys; v=sys.version_info[:2]; print '%%d.%%d'%%v" 2>/dev/null || echo PYTHON-NOT-FOUND)}
+
 Name:           python-mutagen
 Version:        1.22
 Release:        0
@@ -25,10 +29,10 @@ Url:            https://pypi.python.org/pypi/mutagen
 Source:         https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/m/mutagen/mutagen-%{version}.tar.gz
 BuildRequires:  python-devel
 BuildRequires:  python-setuptools
+Requires(post):	update-alternatives
+Requires(postun): update-alternatives
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
-%if 0%{?suse_version} && 0%{?suse_version} <= 1110
-%{!?python_sitelib: %global python_sitelib %(python -c "from distutils.sysconfig import get_python_lib; print get_python_lib()")}
-%else
+%if 0%{?suse_version} > 1110
 BuildArch:      noarch
 %endif
 
@@ -46,22 +50,88 @@ Ogg streams on an individual packet/page level.
 # remove shebangs from library files
 find mutagen/ -name "*.py" -exec sed -i -e  '/^#!\s\?\/usr\/bin\/\(env\s\)\?python$/d' {} ';'
 
+for i in `ls tools` ; do
+	mv tools/${i} tools/${i}-%{py_ver}
+done
+for i in `ls man | sed "s/\.1//"` ; do
+	mv man/${i}.1 man/${i}-%{py_ver}.1
+done
+
 %build
 python setup.py build
 
 %install
 python setup.py install --root=%{buildroot} --prefix="%{_prefix}" 
+ln -sf %{_bindir}/mid3iconv-%{py_ver} %{buildroot}%{_bindir}/mid3iconv
+ln -sf %{_bindir}/mid3v2-%{py_ver} %{buildroot}%{_bindir}/mid3v2
+ln -sf %{_bindir}/moggsplit-%{py_ver} %{buildroot}%{_bindir}/moggsplit
+ln -sf %{_bindir}/mutagen-inspect-%{py_ver} %{buildroot}%{_bindir}/mutagen-inspect
+ln -sf %{_bindir}/mutagen-pony-%{py_ver} %{buildroot}%{_bindir}/mutagen-pony
+
+ln -sf %{_mandir}/man1/mid3iconv-%{py_ver}.1.gz %{buildroot}%{_mandir}/man1/mid3iconv.1.gz
+ln -sf %{_mandir}/man1/mid3v2-%{py_ver}.1.gz %{buildroot}%{_mandir}/man1/mid3v2.1.gz
+ln -sf %{_mandir}/man1/moggsplit-%{py_ver}.1.gz %{buildroot}%{_mandir}/man1/moggsplit.1.gz
+ln -sf %{_mandir}/man1/mutagen-inspect-%{py_ver}.1.gz %{buildroot}%{_mandir}/man1/mutagen-inspect.1.gz
+ln -sf %{_mandir}/man1/mutagen-pony-%{py_ver}.1.gz %{buildroot}%{_mandir}/man1/mutagen-pony.1.gz
+
+%pre
+# Since binaries became ghosted to be used with update-alternatives, we have to get rid
+# of the old binary resulting from the non-update-alternativies-ified package:
+[[ ! -L %{_bindir}/mid3iconv ]] && rm -f %{_bindir}/mid3iconv
+[[ ! -L %{_bindir}/mid3v2 ]] && rm -f %{_bindir}/mid3v2  
+[[ ! -L %{_bindir}/moggsplit ]] && rm -f %{_bindir}/moggsplit
+[[ ! -L %{_bindir}/mutagen-inspect ]] && rm -f %{_bindir}/mutagen-inspect
+[[ ! -L %{_bindir}/mutagen-pony ]] && rm -f %{_bindir}/mutagen-pony
+[[ ! -L %{_mandir}/man1/mid3iconv.1.gz ]] && rm -f %{_mandir}/man1/mid3iconv.1.gz
+[[ ! -L %{_mandir}/man1/mid3v2.1.gz ]] && rm -f %{_mandir}/man1/mid3v2.1.gz
+[[ ! -L %{_mandir}/man1/moggsplit.1.gz ]] && rm -f %{_mandir}/man1/moggsplit.1.gz
+[[ ! -L %{_mandir}/man1/mutagen-inspect.1.gz ]] && rm -f %{_mandir}/man1/mutagen-inspect.1.gz
+[[ ! -L %{_mandir}/man1/mutagen-pony.1.gz ]] && rm -f %{_mandir}/man1/mutagen-pony.1.gz
+
+exit 0
+
+%post
+update-alternatives \
+--install %{_bindir}/mid3iconv mid3iconv %{_bindir}/mid3iconv-%{py_ver} 30 \
+--slave %{_bindir}/mid3v2 mid3v2 %{_bindir}/mid3v2-%{py_ver} \
+--slave %{_bindir}/moggsplit moggsplit %{_bindir}/moggsplit-%{py_ver} \
+--slave %{_bindir}/mutagen-inspect mutagen-inspect %{_bindir}/mutagen-inspect-%{py_ver} \
+--slave %{_bindir}/mutagen-pony mutagen-pony %{_bindir}/mutagen-pony-%{py_ver} \
+--slave %{_mandir}/man1/mid3iconv.1.gz mid3iconv.1.gz %{_mandir}/man1/mid3iconv-%{py_ver}.1.gz \
+--slave %{_mandir}/man1/mid3v2.1.gz mid3v2.1.gz %{_mandir}/man1/mid3v2-%{py_ver}.1.gz \
+--slave %{_mandir}/man1/moggsplit.1.gz moggsplit.1.gz %{_mandir}/man1/moggsplit-%{py_ver}.1.gz \
+--slave %{_mandir}/man1/mutagen-inspect.1.gz mutagen-inspect.1.gz %{_mandir}/man1/mutagen-inspect-%{py_ver}.1.gz \
+--slave %{_mandir}/man1/mutagen-pony.1.gz mutagen-pony.1.gz %{_mandir}/man1/mutagen-pony-%{py_ver}.1.gz
+
+%preun
+if [ $1 -eq 0 ] ; then
+	update-alternatives --remove mid3iconv %{_bindir}/mid3iconv-%{py_ver}
+fi
 
 %files
 %defattr(-, root, root, 0755)
 %doc COPYING NEWS README TODO
-%{_bindir}/mid3iconv
-%{_bindir}/mid3v2
-%{_bindir}/moggsplit
-%{_bindir}/mutagen-inspect
-%{_bindir}/mutagen-pony
+%ghost %{_bindir}/mid3iconv
+%{_bindir}/mid3iconv-%{py_ver}
+%ghost %{_bindir}/mid3v2
+%{_bindir}/mid3v2-%{py_ver}
+%ghost %{_bindir}/moggsplit
+%{_bindir}/moggsplit-%{py_ver}
+%ghost %{_bindir}/mutagen-inspect
+%{_bindir}/mutagen-inspect-%{py_ver}
+%ghost %{_bindir}/mutagen-pony
+%{_bindir}/mutagen-pony-%{py_ver}
 %{python_sitelib}/mutagen
 %{python_sitelib}/mutagen-%{version}-py%{py_ver}.egg-info
-%{_mandir}/man1/*.gz
+%ghost %{_mandir}/man1/mid3iconv.1.gz
+%{_mandir}/man1/mid3iconv-%{py_ver}.1.gz
+%ghost %{_mandir}/man1/mid3v2.1.gz
+%{_mandir}/man1/mid3v2-%{py_ver}.1.gz
+%ghost %{_mandir}/man1/moggsplit.1.gz
+%{_mandir}/man1/moggsplit-%{py_ver}.1.gz
+%ghost %{_mandir}/man1/mutagen-inspect.1.gz
+%{_mandir}/man1/mutagen-inspect-%{py_ver}.1.gz
+%ghost %{_mandir}/man1/mutagen-pony.1.gz
+%{_mandir}/man1/mutagen-pony-%{py_ver}.1.gz
 
 %changelog