diff --git a/quassel.changes b/quassel.changes
index d656365..bce4ba5 100644
--- a/quassel.changes
+++ b/quassel.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Feb  7 11:45:20 UTC 2024 - Dominique Leuenberger <dimstar@opensuse.org>
+
+- Provide user/group symbol by the core sub-package: the pre script
+  of this package creates the user.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Dec 15 22:03:57 UTC 2023 - Christophe Marin <christophe@krop.fr>
 
diff --git a/quassel.spec b/quassel.spec
index 9e1f13a..f4a5861 100644
--- a/quassel.spec
+++ b/quassel.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package quassel
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2022 SUSE LLC
+# Copyright (c) 2024 SUSE LLC
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -127,6 +127,8 @@ Requires:       logrotate
 Requires(pre):  %fillup_prereq
 Requires(pre):  shadow
 Recommends:     libqt5-sql-sqlite
+Provides:       group(%{name}core)
+Provides:       user(%{name}core)
 
 %description core
 Quassel IRC is a distributed IRC client, meaning that one (or