diff --git a/zsh.changes b/zsh.changes
index b48ddf7..97e0324 100644
--- a/zsh.changes
+++ b/zsh.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Oct 16 10:27:34 UTC 2020 - Ludwig Nussel <lnussel@suse.de>
+
+- prepare usrmerge (boo#1029961)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Aug 25 13:25:50 UTC 2020 - Martin Liška <mliska@suse.cz>
 
diff --git a/zsh.spec b/zsh.spec
index 807ef9d..532cb94 100644
--- a/zsh.spec
+++ b/zsh.spec
@@ -66,6 +66,9 @@ Requires(pre):  /sbin/install-info
 Requires(pre):  fileutils
 Requires(pre):  grep
 %endif
+%if 0%{?usrmerged}
+Provides:       /bin/zsh
+%endif
 
 %description
 Zsh is a UNIX command interpreter (shell) that resembles the Korn shell
@@ -171,10 +174,12 @@ done
 install -D -m 0644 %{SOURCE16} %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/skel/.zshrc
 %endif
 
+%if !0%{?usrmerged}
 # link zsh binary
 %if 0%{?suse_version} || 0%{?rhel} <= 6
 ln -sf %{_bindir}/zsh %{buildroot}/bin/zsh
 %endif
+%endif
 
 # Remove versioned zsh binary
 rm -f %{buildroot}%{_bindir}/zsh-*
@@ -260,9 +265,11 @@ fi
 %endif
 
 %{_bindir}/zsh
+%if !0%{?usrmerged}
 %if 0%{?suse_version} || 0%{?rhel} <= 6
 /bin/zsh
 %endif
+%endif
 %{_libdir}/zsh/
 %{_datadir}/zsh/
 %{_infodir}/zsh.info*%{ext_info}