diff --git a/openSUSE-release.spec.in b/openSUSE-release.spec.in
index 52b809a..b81f6e4 100644
--- a/openSUSE-release.spec.in
+++ b/openSUSE-release.spec.in
@@ -29,6 +29,11 @@ Group:          System/Fhs
 Source100:      weakremovers.inc
 BuildRequires:  skelcd-control-openSUSE
 BuildRequires:  skelcd-openSUSE
+%ifarch %ix86
+# on ix86 we need sed to rewrite the zypper repo files for the i586 port split
+Requires:       %{_bindir}/sed
+Requires:       %{_bindir}/grep
+%endif
 Suggests:       branding-openSUSE
 Suggests:       distribution-logos-openSUSE-Tumbleweed
 Suggests:       java-11-openjdk
@@ -258,6 +263,14 @@ if [ -x %{_sbindir}/issue-generator ]; then
     fi
     %{_sbindir}/issue-generator || :
 fi
+# on i586, we are migrating from the main TW repo to the external ports repo
+%ifarch %ix86
+  
+  if ! %{_bindir}/grep -q "ports/i586" /etc/zypp/repos.d/*; then
+    %{_bindir}/sed -i "s|opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo|opensuse.org/ports/i586/tumbleweed/repo|gi" /etc/zypp/repos.d/* || :
+    %{_bindir}/sed -i "s|opensuse.org/update/tumbleweed|opensuse.org/ports/i586/update/tumbleweed|gi" /etc/zypp/repos.d/* || :
+  fi
+%endif
 
 %files
 %defattr(644,root,root,755)