diff --git a/ffmpeg-7.spec b/ffmpeg-7.spec
index 3510864..97b17c3 100644
--- a/ffmpeg-7.spec
+++ b/ffmpeg-7.spec
@@ -261,6 +261,14 @@ Requires:       (libavutil59 = %version-%release or ffmpeg-7-mini-libs = %versio
 Requires:       (libpostproc58 = %version-%release or ffmpeg-7-mini-libs = %version-%release)
 Requires:       (libswresample5 = %version-%release or ffmpeg-7-mini-libs = %version-%release)
 Requires:       (libswscale8 = %version-%release or ffmpeg-7-mini-libs = %version-%release)
+%if "%flavor" == "ffmpeg-7-mini"
+# Patches may subtly change internal APIs, so we're sticking %%release in
+# Requires lines. It also conveniently blocks openSUSE libav* being combined
+# with Packman libav*, due to PM's unique %%release numbers.
+# This use of %%release with %flavor however requires bcnt synchro:
+#
+#!BcntSyncTag:  ffmpeg-7
+%endif
 
 %description
 FFmpeg is a multimedia framework, able to decode, encode,