diff --git a/ntfs-3g_ntfsprogs.changes b/ntfs-3g_ntfsprogs.changes
index 01cee50..c6c147d 100644
--- a/ntfs-3g_ntfsprogs.changes
+++ b/ntfs-3g_ntfsprogs.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Aug 11 21:39:51 UTC 2016 - Greg.Freemyer@gmail.com
+
+- Fix update-alternatives usage.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Mar 21 22:56:13 UTC 2016 - Greg.Freemyer@gmail.com
 
diff --git a/ntfs-3g_ntfsprogs.spec b/ntfs-3g_ntfsprogs.spec
index ef678e6..47d59a3 100644
--- a/ntfs-3g_ntfsprogs.spec
+++ b/ntfs-3g_ntfsprogs.spec
@@ -53,11 +53,8 @@ Obsoletes:      ntfsprogs-fuse < 1.13.1
 %if 0%{?suse_version}
 Requires(post): update-alternatives
 Requires(postun): update-alternatives
-# The build service fails to build the package because it doesn't really
-# understand Requires(post), so use PreReq too (see bnc#439232).
-PreReq:         update-alternatives
-%endif
-%if 0%{?suse_version} > 1010
+Requires(preun): update-alternatives
+Requires(postun): update-alternatives
 Supplements:    filesystem(ntfs-3g)
 %endif
 
@@ -129,7 +126,6 @@ export LDFLAGS="-pie"
 	--enable-extras \
 	--enable-crypto \
 	--enable-quarantined
-
 make %{?_smp_mflags}
 
 %install
@@ -138,8 +134,10 @@ make install DESTDIR="%buildroot"
 # Hal stuff for mounting on hotplug.
 %{__mkdir_p} %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/hal/fdi/policy/10osvendor/
 %{__install} -m 644 %{SOURCE2} %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/hal/fdi/policy/10osvendor/21-storage-ntfs-3g.fdi
-# Touch ghost files
-touch %{buildroot}/sbin/mount.ntfs %{buildroot}%{_mandir}/man8/mount.ntfs.8
+# Alternatives for mount.ntfs (binary and manpage)
+mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/alternatives
+ln -s -f %{_sysconfdir}/alternatives/mount.ntfs %{buildroot}/sbin/mount.ntfs
+ln -s -f %{_sysconfdir}/alternatives/mount.ntfs.8%{ext_man} %{buildroot}%{_mandir}/man8/mount.ntfs.8%{?ext_man}
 
 %check
 TESTFS=$(mktemp) || exit 1
@@ -151,21 +149,14 @@ rm -v $TESTFS
 %post -n ntfs-3g
 # If the mount.ntfs group is in automatic mode, then this will also switch all
 # symlinks automatically
-update-alternatives --install /sbin/mount.ntfs mount.ntfs /sbin/mount.ntfs-3g 10 --slave /usr/share/man/man8/mount.ntfs.8.gz mount.ntfs.8.gz /usr/share/man/man8/mount.ntfs-3g.8.gz
+update-alternatives --install /sbin/mount.ntfs mount.ntfs /sbin/mount.ntfs-3g 10 --slave %{_mandir}/man8/mount.ntfs.8%{?ext_man} mount.ntfs.8%{?ext_man} %{_mandir}/man8/mount.ntfs-3g.8%{?ext_man}
 
-%postun -n ntfs-3g
+%preun -n ntfs-3g
 # Note: we don't use "$1 -eq 0", to avoid issues if the package gets renamed
 if [ ! -f /sbin/mount.ntfs-3g ]; then
   update-alternatives --remove mount.ntfs /sbin/mount.ntfs-3g
 fi
 
-%posttrans -n ntfs-3g
-# Workaround old bug in 11.1/11.2 packages that always removed the symlinks in
-# %postun. Can be removed during 12.2 development.
-if [ ! -f /sbin/mount.ntfs -a -f /sbin/mount.ntfs-3g ]; then
-  update-alternatives --install /sbin/mount.ntfs mount.ntfs /sbin/mount.ntfs-3g 10 --slave /usr/share/man/man8/mount.ntfs.8.gz mount.ntfs.8.gz /usr/share/man/man8/mount.ntfs-3g.8.gz
-fi
-
 %post -n libntfs-3g%soname -p /sbin/ldconfig
 
 %postun -n libntfs-3g%soname -p /sbin/ldconfig
@@ -184,6 +175,8 @@ fi
 %{_bindir}/ntfs-3g.usermap
 %{_bindir}/lowntfs-3g
 %ghost /sbin/mount.ntfs
+%ghost %{_sysconfdir}/alternatives/mount.ntfs
+%ghost %{_sysconfdir}/alternatives/mount.ntfs.8%{?ext_man}
 /sbin/mount.ntfs-3g
 /sbin/mount.lowntfs-3g
 %{_mandir}/man8/mount.lowntfs-3g.8%{?ext_man}