diff --git a/vtk-compat_gl-rpmlintrc b/vtk-compat_gl-rpmlintrc
index 17af08d..c61c3ec 100644
--- a/vtk-compat_gl-rpmlintrc
+++ b/vtk-compat_gl-rpmlintrc
@@ -4,3 +4,8 @@ addFilter("python3-vtk* devel-file-in-non-devel-package")
 
 # Upstream does not supply manuals for any binary, suppress warnings
 addFilter(".* no-manual-page-for-binary")
+
+# This is not a versioned shared lib, and not used by anything other than
+# vtk's java bindings, simply package it with the vtk-java subpackage
+addFilter("vtk-java.* shlib-policy-name-error")
+addFilter("vtk-compat_gl-java.* shlib-policy-name-error")
diff --git a/vtk-compat_gl.changes b/vtk-compat_gl.changes
index ce8d051..6218625 100644
--- a/vtk-compat_gl.changes
+++ b/vtk-compat_gl.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Aug 21 18:41:37 UTC 2017 - badshah400@gmail.com
+
+- Suppress romlint error about shlib-policy-name-error for
+  %{name}-java -- libvtkViewsGeovisJava.so packaged therein
+  is not a versioned shared lib, and only used by vtk's java
+  bindings, so there is no point in enforcing the shared lib
+  packaging policy for this subpackage.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Aug  9 10:40:59 UTC 2017 - badshah400@gmail.com
 
diff --git a/vtk-rpmlintrc b/vtk-rpmlintrc
index 17af08d..c61c3ec 100644
--- a/vtk-rpmlintrc
+++ b/vtk-rpmlintrc
@@ -4,3 +4,8 @@ addFilter("python3-vtk* devel-file-in-non-devel-package")
 
 # Upstream does not supply manuals for any binary, suppress warnings
 addFilter(".* no-manual-page-for-binary")
+
+# This is not a versioned shared lib, and not used by anything other than
+# vtk's java bindings, simply package it with the vtk-java subpackage
+addFilter("vtk-java.* shlib-policy-name-error")
+addFilter("vtk-compat_gl-java.* shlib-policy-name-error")
diff --git a/vtk.changes b/vtk.changes
index ce8d051..6218625 100644
--- a/vtk.changes
+++ b/vtk.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Aug 21 18:41:37 UTC 2017 - badshah400@gmail.com
+
+- Suppress romlint error about shlib-policy-name-error for
+  %{name}-java -- libvtkViewsGeovisJava.so packaged therein
+  is not a versioned shared lib, and only used by vtk's java
+  bindings, so there is no point in enforcing the shared lib
+  packaging policy for this subpackage.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Aug  9 10:40:59 UTC 2017 - badshah400@gmail.com