diff --git a/libguestfs.changes b/libguestfs.changes
index ebb14bf..8fadd60 100644
--- a/libguestfs.changes
+++ b/libguestfs.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sat Sep  1 15:40:47 CEST 2012 - ohering@suse.de
+
+- rename subpackage libguestfs-python to python-libguestfs
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sat Sep  1 14:14:34 CEST 2012 - ohering@suse.de
 
diff --git a/libguestfs.spec b/libguestfs.spec
index 86f09d3..f32985e 100644
--- a/libguestfs.spec
+++ b/libguestfs.spec
@@ -199,11 +199,13 @@ Provides Perl support for libguestfs.
 %endif
 #
 %if %{with_python}
-%package python
+%package -n python-libguestfs
 Summary:        Allows Python scripts to directly use libguestfs
 Group:          System/Filesystems
+Provides:       libguestfs-python
+Obsoletes:      libguestfs-python
 
-%description python
+%description -n python-libguestfs
 Provides Python support for libguestfs.
 %endif
 #
@@ -438,7 +440,7 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 %endif
 #
 %if %{with_python}
-%files python
+%files -n python-libguestfs
 %defattr(-,root,root)
 %{_libdir}/python%{pyver}/site-packages/*
 %endif