diff --git a/apptainer.changes b/apptainer.changes
index e675462..b98dc90 100644
--- a/apptainer.changes
+++ b/apptainer.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Oct 28 08:54:51 UTC 2022 - Egbert Eich <eich@suse.com>
+
+- Add Provides: and Obsoletes: to attempt to mark this as a possible
+  replacement for the original singularity package which has been
+  discontinued.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Oct 11 08:19:01 UTC 2022 - Christian Goll <cgoll@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/apptainer.spec b/apptainer.spec
index 0fb2b68..2a910af 100644
--- a/apptainer.spec
+++ b/apptainer.spec
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ Version:        1.1.2
 Release:        0
 # https://spdx.org/licenses/BSD-3-Clause-LBNL.html
 URL:            https://apptainer.org
+Provides:       singularity
+Obsoletes:      singularity <= 3.8.5
 Source0:        https://github.com/apptainer/apptainer/archive/v%{version}%{?vers_suffix}/apptainer-%{version}%{?vers_suffix}.tar.gz
 Source1:        README.SUSE
 Source2:        SLE-12SP5.def