diff --git a/gdbm.changes b/gdbm.changes
index d368d75..07ab058 100644
--- a/gdbm.changes
+++ b/gdbm.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sat Feb 22 19:23:10 UTC 2020 - Bjørn Lie <bjorn.lie@gmail.com>
+
+- No longer recommend -lang: supplements are in use. Also add a
+  explicit %%{name] = %%{version} Provides to aid supplements to do
+  the right thing. We will lose the lang package Recommends for the
+  compat package, but normally nobody will have only the compat
+  package installed without the current package.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Jan 20 16:59:59 UTC 2020 - pgajdos@suse.com
 
diff --git a/gdbm.spec b/gdbm.spec
index a94a449..5e5d6fe 100644
--- a/gdbm.spec
+++ b/gdbm.spec
@@ -56,10 +56,11 @@ a database.
 Summary:        GNU dbm key/data database
 License:        GPL-3.0-or-later
 Group:          System/Libraries
-Recommends:     %{name}-lang = %{version}
 # O/P added in 12.2
 Obsoletes:      gdbm < %{version}-%{release}
 Provides:       gdbm = %{version}-%{release}
+# For lang package
+Provides:       %{name} = %{version}
 
 %description -n %{lname}
 GNU dbm is a library of database functions that use extensible
@@ -79,7 +80,6 @@ a database.
 Summary:        GNU dbm key/data database compat wrapper
 License:        GPL-3.0-or-later
 Group:          System/Libraries
-Recommends:     %{name}-lang = %{version}
 # Was provided in older sonames
 Conflicts:      libgdbm3