diff --git a/dpkg.changes b/dpkg.changes
index 85f76fc..813c644 100644
--- a/dpkg.changes
+++ b/dpkg.changes
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ Wed Apr  1 12:54:48 UTC 2015 - tchvatal@suse.com
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Jan  5 15:30:22 UTC 2015 - p.drouand@gmail.com
 
-- Update to version 1.17.23
+- Update to version 1.17.23 also fixes bsc#941619
   + Use a matching group instead of ${^MATCH} in s/// in dselect build script.
   + Skip tar extractor tests if tar is not GNU tar >= 1.27.
   + Reset the trigger cycle tracking on unsatisfied dependencies during
diff --git a/update-alternatives.changes b/update-alternatives.changes
index cd6ae7b..d4d545a 100644
--- a/update-alternatives.changes
+++ b/update-alternatives.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri May 13 12:03:28 UTC 2016 - tchvatal@suse.com
+
+- Provide alternatives binary and alternatives = %{version} symbol
+
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 Wed Apr  6 18:20:13 UTC 2016 - tchvatal@suse.com
 
diff --git a/update-alternatives.spec b/update-alternatives.spec
index 73a52db..aaa742d 100644
--- a/update-alternatives.spec
+++ b/update-alternatives.spec
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ Patch6:         dpkg-sparc.diff
 Patch7:         0001-In-case-of-equal-priority-rather-update.patch
 BuildRequires:  ncurses-devel
 BuildRequires:  xz
+Provides:       alternatives = %{version}
 Requires(post): update-alternatives
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 
@@ -68,6 +69,7 @@ install -d -m 0755 %{buildroot}/%{admindir}/alternatives
 install -d -m 0755 %{buildroot}/%{_localstatedir}/log
 
 install -m 0755 utils/%{name} %{buildroot}/%{_sbindir}
+ln -s %{name} %{buildroot}/%{_sbindir}/alternatives
 install -m 0644 man/%{name}.1 %{buildroot}/%{_mandir}/man1/
 
 %post
@@ -84,6 +86,7 @@ done
 %doc COPYING
 %dir %{_sysconfdir}/alternatives
 %dir %{_localstatedir}/lib/rpm/alternatives
+%{_sbindir}/alternatives
 %{_sbindir}/update-alternatives
 %{_mandir}/man1/update-alternatives.1*
 %ghost %{_localstatedir}/log/alternatives.log