diff --git a/python-python-mpv-rpmlintrc b/python-python-mpv-rpmlintrc
index 575dff4..66f91e4 100644
--- a/python-python-mpv-rpmlintrc
+++ b/python-python-mpv-rpmlintrc
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 # this is actually necessary
-addFilter("explicit-lib-dependency .*libmpv1")
+addFilter("explicit-lib-dependency .*libmpv")
diff --git a/python-python-mpv.changes b/python-python-mpv.changes
index c506ad0..a516f99 100644
--- a/python-python-mpv.changes
+++ b/python-python-mpv.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Mar  2 15:50:32 UTC 2022 - Dominique Leuenberger <dimstar@opensuse.org>
+
+- Dynamically add a dependency to the libmpv version that was
+  present during build. Allows to dynamically move between various
+  so versions (e.g. libmpv1 to libmpv2).
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sun Jul 26 06:26:13 UTC 2020 - aloisio@gmx.com
 
diff --git a/python-python-mpv.spec b/python-python-mpv.spec
index d35b2db..f83c22d 100644
--- a/python-python-mpv.spec
+++ b/python-python-mpv.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package python-python-mpv
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2020 SUSE LLC
+# Copyright (c) 2022 SUSE LLC
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -26,7 +26,11 @@ Source0:        https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/source/p/python-mpv/pyth
 Source99:       %{name}-rpmlintrc
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module setuptools}
 BuildRequires:  python-rpm-macros
-Requires:       libmpv1
+# Needed to be able to set the proper dependency to the library
+BuildRequires:  mpv-devel
+# workaround via define needed as python_ubpackages wants to interpret Requires: lines
+%define libmpv  %(rpm -qf $(readlink -f %{_libdir}/libmpv.so) --qf "%%{name}")
+Requires:       %libmpv
 BuildArch:      noarch
 %python_subpackages