diff --git a/ruby.changes b/ruby.changes
index 1517fd0..744ad6a 100644
--- a/ruby.changes
+++ b/ruby.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Jul  2 09:50:00 UTC 2010 - mrueckert@suse.de
+
+- add ruby(abi) = 1.8 provides
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed May 19 14:44:51 UTC 2010 - mrueckert@suse.de
 
diff --git a/ruby.spec b/ruby.spec
index 4c76dee..c62fa49 100644
--- a/ruby.spec
+++ b/ruby.spec
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 
 Name:           ruby
 Version:        1.8.7.p249
-Release:        3
+Release:        4
 #
 %define pkg_version 1.8.7
 %define patch_level p249
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ Provides:       /usr/bin/ruby
 %define bleak_house_version 4.0
 Provides:       ruby_with_bleak_house = %{bleak_house_version}-%{release}
 %endif
+Provides:       ruby(abi) = %{rb_ver}
 #
 Url:            http://www.ruby-lang.org/
 Source:         ftp://ftp.ruby-lang.org/pub/ruby/ruby-%{pkg_version}-%{patch_level}.tar.bz2