diff --git a/gdbm.changes b/gdbm.changes
index 0249471..36188ea 100644
--- a/gdbm.changes
+++ b/gdbm.changes
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
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-Fri May 11 12:14:06 UTC 2018 - tchvatal@suse.com
+Mon May 14 08:56:00 UTC 2018 - tchvatal@suse.com
 
 - Put back ndbm compat as the perl testuite seem to have hard time
   without it
+- Require both compat and base in develpkg
 
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 Fri May 11 11:52:38 UTC 2018 - tchvatal@suse.com
diff --git a/gdbm.spec b/gdbm.spec
index 2362bfd..8848a0b 100644
--- a/gdbm.spec
+++ b/gdbm.spec
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 
 %define lname	libgdbm5
+%define lcompat libgdbm_compat4
 Name:           gdbm
 Version:        1.14.1
 Release:        0
@@ -72,11 +73,29 @@ and retrieving the data by its key and deleting a key along with its
 data. It also supports sequential iteration over all key/data pairs in
 a database.
 
+%package -n %{lcompat}
+Summary:        GNU dbm key/data database compat wrapper
+License:        GPL-3.0-or-later
+Group:          System/Libraries
+Recommends:     %{name}-lang = %{version}
+# Was provided in older sonames
+Conflicts:      libgdbm4
+Conflicts:      libgdbm3
+
+%description -n %{lcompat}
+GNU dbm is a library of database functions that use extensible
+hashing and work similar to the standard UNIX dbm. These routines are
+provided to a programmer needing to create and manipulate a hashed
+database.
+
+This library is providing compatibility wrappers.
+
 %package devel
 Summary:        Include Files and Libraries mandatory for Development
 License:        GPL-3.0-or-later AND LGPL-2.1-or-later
 Group:          Development/Libraries/C and C++
-Requires:       gdbm = %{version}
+Requires:       %{lcompat} = %{version}
+Requires:       %{lname} = %{version}
 Requires(pre):  %{install_info_prereq}
 Requires(preun): %{install_info_prereq}
 
@@ -118,12 +137,17 @@ find %{buildroot} -type f -name "*.la" -delete -print
 
 %post -n %{lname} -p /sbin/ldconfig
 %postun -n %{lname} -p /sbin/ldconfig
+%post -n %{lcompat} -p /sbin/ldconfig
+%postun -n %{lcompat} -p /sbin/ldconfig
 
 %files lang -f %{name}.lang
 
 %files -n %{lname}
 %license COPYING
 %{_libdir}/libgdbm.so.*
+
+%files -n %{lcompat}
+%license COPYING
 %{_libdir}/libgdbm_compat.so.*
 
 %files devel