diff --git a/ed.changes b/ed.changes
index 791e54b..ec6a874 100644
--- a/ed.changes
+++ b/ed.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Oct 16 09:46:50 UTC 2020 - Ludwig Nussel <lnussel@suse.de>
+
+- prepare usrmerge (boo#1029961)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Mar  3 10:22:48 UTC 2020 - Paolo Stivanin <info@paolostivanin.com>
 
diff --git a/ed.spec b/ed.spec
index 7cfbee2..eda74c9 100644
--- a/ed.spec
+++ b/ed.spec
@@ -49,10 +49,10 @@ make %{?_smp_mflags} CFLAGS="%{optflags}"
 
 %install
 %make_install
-#UsrMerge
+%if !0%{?usrmerged}
 install -d -m 0755 %{buildroot}/bin
 ln -s %{_bindir}/ed %{buildroot}/bin/ed
-#UsrMerge
+%endif
 
 %check
 make %{?_smp_mflags} check
@@ -66,7 +66,9 @@ make %{?_smp_mflags} check
 %files
 %license COPYING
 %doc AUTHORS ChangeLog NEWS README TODO
+%if !0%{?usrmerged}
 /bin/%{name}
+%endif
 %{_bindir}/%{name}
 %{_bindir}/r%{name}
 %{_infodir}/%{name}.info%{?ext_info}