diff --git a/qemu.changes b/qemu.changes
index ec472af9..8e5d5af7 100644
--- a/qemu.changes
+++ b/qemu.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Feb 13 23:10:47 UTC 2014 - brogers@suse.com
+
+- Use Provides/Obsoletes as means to transition kvm users to the
+  qemu-kvm package
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Feb 12 23:50:30 UTC 2014 - brogers@suse.com
 
diff --git a/qemu.spec b/qemu.spec
index 213292f2..8af363e3 100644
--- a/qemu.spec
+++ b/qemu.spec
@@ -192,7 +192,9 @@ Group:          System/Emulators/PC
 Version:        1.7.0 
 Release:        0
 BuildArch:      noarch
-Requires:       qemu = 1.7.0
+Requires:       qemu = %version
+Provides:       kvm = %version
+Obsoletes:      kvm < %version
 Recommends:     python-curses
 
 %description kvm
diff --git a/qemu.spec.in b/qemu.spec.in
index cd8423da..0173f768 100644
--- a/qemu.spec.in
+++ b/qemu.spec.in
@@ -151,7 +151,9 @@ Group:          System/Emulators/PC
 Version:        1.7.0 
 Release:        0
 BuildArch:      noarch
-Requires:       qemu = 1.7.0
+Requires:       qemu = %version
+Provides:       kvm = %version
+Obsoletes:      kvm < %version
 Recommends:     python-curses
 
 %description kvm