diff --git a/libtirpc.changes b/libtirpc.changes
index 074c488..90d8572 100644
--- a/libtirpc.changes
+++ b/libtirpc.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Jan 20 15:12:14 CET 2016 - kukuk@suse.de
+
+- Split the netconfig configuration file and manual page off into
+  an own RPM. Else it is not possible to install the old and new
+  libtirpc libraries in parallel.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Nov 17 12:55:40 CET 2015 - kukuk@suse.de
 
diff --git a/libtirpc.spec b/libtirpc.spec
index ebe4ee5..82ad51b 100644
--- a/libtirpc.spec
+++ b/libtirpc.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package libtirpc
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2015 SUSE LINUX GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
+# Copyright (c) 2016 SUSE LINUX GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ TCP over IPv4
 %package -n libtirpc3
 Summary:        Transport Independent RPC Library
 Group:          System/Libraries
+Requires:       libtirpc-netconfig >= %{version}
 
 %description -n libtirpc3
 The Transport Independent RPC library (TI-RPC) is a replacement for the
@@ -61,6 +62,14 @@ standard SunRPC library in glibc which does not support IPv6 addresses.
 This implementation allows the support of other transports than UDP and
 TCP over IPv4
 
+%package netconfig
+Summary:        Netconfig configuration file for TI-RPC Library
+Group:          System/Base
+
+%description netconfig
+This RPM contains the netconfig configuration file and manual page for
+the TI-RPC Library.
+
 %package devel
 # src/crypt_client.c tirpc/spinlock.h and tirpc/rpcsvc/crypt.x have the BSD
 # advertising clause
@@ -117,8 +126,11 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 
 %files -n libtirpc3
 %defattr(-,root,root)
-%config %{_sysconfdir}/netconfig
 /%{_lib}/libtirpc.so.3*
+
+%files netconfig
+%defattr(-,root,root)
+%config %{_sysconfdir}/netconfig
 %{_mandir}/man5/netconfig.5.gz
 
 %files devel