diff --git a/gawk.changes b/gawk.changes
index 71216b1..6cfd4c1 100644
--- a/gawk.changes
+++ b/gawk.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Apr 10 07:39:22 UTC 2017 - josef.moellers@suse.com
+
+- Split off a seperate package "gawk-extensions-devel"
+  which contains the .h file describing the API, a set of
+  sample extensions and their manual pages.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Sep  5 20:27:40 UTC 2016 - astieger@suse.com
 
diff --git a/gawk.spec b/gawk.spec
index 2a7ee5a..f84895a 100644
--- a/gawk.spec
+++ b/gawk.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package gawk
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2016 SUSE LINUX GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
+# Copyright (c) 2017 SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -19,9 +19,6 @@
 Name:           gawk
 Version:        4.1.4
 Release:        0
-Summary:        GNU awk
-License:        GPL-3.0+
-Group:          Productivity/Text/Utilities
 Url:            http://www.gnu.org/software/gawk/
 Source:         http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/%{name}/%{name}-%{version}.tar.xz
 Source2:        http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/%{name}/%{name}-%{version}.tar.xz.sig
@@ -35,10 +32,22 @@ Requires(preun): update-alternatives
 Provides:       awk
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 
-%description
+%pakage -n gawk
+Summary:        GNU awk
+License:        GPL-3.0+
+Group:          Productivity/Text/Utilities
+
+%description -n gawk
 GNU awk is upwardly compatible with the System V Release 4 awk.  It is
 almost completely POSIX 1003.2 compliant.
 
+%package -n gawk-extensions-devel
+Summary:        Files and samples for gawk extensions
+Group:          System/Libraries
+
+%description -n gawk-extensions-devel
+Contains API description and sample extensions for gawk
+
 %prep
 %setup -q
 chmod -x COPYING
@@ -73,7 +82,7 @@ ln -s %{_sysconfdir}/alternatives/awk.1%{?ext_man} %{buildroot}%{_mandir}/man1/a
 
 %find_lang %{name}
 
-%post
+%post -n gawk
 %{_sbindir}/update-alternatives \
   --install /bin/awk awk %{_bindir}/gawk 20 \
   --slave %{_bindir}/awk usr-bin-awk %{_bindir}/gawk \
@@ -81,14 +90,14 @@ ln -s %{_sysconfdir}/alternatives/awk.1%{?ext_man} %{buildroot}%{_mandir}/man1/a
 %install_info --info-dir=%{_infodir} %{_infodir}/gawk.info.gz
 %install_info --info-dir=%{_infodir} %{_infodir}/gawkinet.info.gz
 
-%preun
+%preun -n gawk
 %install_info_delete --info-dir=%{_infodir} %{_infodir}/gawk.info.gz
 %install_info_delete --info-dir=%{_infodir} %{_infodir}/gawkinet.info.gz
 if [ $1 -eq 0 ]; then
     %{_sbindir}/update-alternatives --remove awk %{_bindir}/gawk
 fi
 
-%files -f %{name}.lang
+%files -n gawk -f %{name}.lang
 %defattr(-,root,root)
 #UsrMerge
 /bin/awk
@@ -105,12 +114,14 @@ fi
 %{_bindir}/gawk
 %{_bindir}/igawk
 %{_libdir}/awk
-%{_libdir}/gawk
 %{_datadir}/awk
-%{_includedir}/gawkapi.h
 %{_infodir}/*.info.gz
 %{_mandir}/man1/gawk.1%{?ext_man}
 %{_mandir}/man1/igawk.1%{?ext_man}
+
+%files -n gawk-extensions-devel
+%{_libdir}/gawk
+%{_includedir}/gawkapi.h
 %{_mandir}/man3/*%{?ext_man}
 
 %changelog