diff --git a/ghostscript-mini.changes b/ghostscript-mini.changes
index b891601..caa6e16 100644
--- a/ghostscript-mini.changes
+++ b/ghostscript-mini.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Mar  5 12:35:16 UTC 2021 - Dominique Leuenberger <dimstar@opensuse.org>
+
+- Provide ghostscript_any by ghostscript-mini: this is a valid
+  replacement for consumers.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Oct 20 16:38:24 CEST 2020 - Ismail Dönmez <idonmez@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/ghostscript-mini.spec b/ghostscript-mini.spec
index 0cf7d44..a45800a 100644
--- a/ghostscript-mini.spec
+++ b/ghostscript-mini.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package ghostscript-mini
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2020 SUSE LLC
+# Copyright (c) 2021 SUSE LLC
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -93,6 +93,16 @@ Patch100:       remove-zlib-h-dependency.patch
 # additionally allow exec'ing hpijs in apparmor profile was needed (bsc#1128467):
 Patch101:       ijs_exec_server_dont_use_sh.patch
 # RPM dependencies:
+# The "Provides: ghostscript_any" is there to support "BuildRequires: ghostscript_any"
+# so other packages can build with any available Ghostscript implementation,
+# either ghostscript or ghostscript-mini ("BuildRequires: ghostscript-mini" should not
+# be used because ghostscript-mini does not exist outside of OBS so other packages that
+# use "BuildRequires: ghostscript-mini" could not be built in published products).
+# The "Provides: ghostscript_any" does not affect end-users who should not get
+# ghostscript-mini installed (but only the full featured ghostscript package)
+# because ghostscript-mini (and ghostscript-mini-devel) are not published
+# in openSUSE products, cf. https://build.opensuse.org/request/show/877083
+Provides:       ghostscript_any = %{version}
 Conflicts:      ghostscript
 Conflicts:      ghostscript-x11
 Conflicts:      ghostscript-devel
diff --git a/ghostscript.spec b/ghostscript.spec
index 93c2738..4063c3d 100644
--- a/ghostscript.spec
+++ b/ghostscript.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package ghostscript
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2020 SUSE LLC
+# Copyright (c) 2021 SUSE LLC
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -153,7 +153,16 @@ Patch101:       ijs_exec_server_dont_use_sh.patch
 #   hylafax          Requires      gs_lib
 #   graphviz-plugins BuildRequires ghostscript-mini
 # Provide the additional RPM Provides of the ghostscript-library package
-# (ghostscript_x11 is provided by the ghostscript-x11 sub-package, see below):
+# (ghostscript_x11 is provided by the ghostscript-x11 sub-package, see below).
+# The "Provides: ghostscript_any" is there to support "BuildRequires: ghostscript_any"
+# so other packages can build with any available Ghostscript implementation,
+# either ghostscript or ghostscript-mini ("BuildRequires: ghostscript-mini" should not
+# be used because ghostscript-mini does not exist outside of OBS so other packages that
+# use "BuildRequires: ghostscript-mini" could not be built in published products).
+# The "Provides: ghostscript_any" does not affect end-users who should not get
+# ghostscript-mini installed (but only the full featured ghostscript package)
+# because ghostscript-mini (and ghostscript-mini-devel) are not published
+# in openSUSE products, cf. https://build.opensuse.org/request/show/877083
 Provides:       ghostscript_any
 Provides:       gs
 Provides:       gs_lib