diff --git a/perl.spec b/perl.spec
index 3268707..998988f 100644
--- a/perl.spec
+++ b/perl.spec
@@ -45,6 +45,9 @@ BuildRequires:  db-devel gdbm-devel libbz2-devel ncurses-devel zlib-devel
 #Requires:       gzip	# needed in SuSEconfig.perl
 Recommends:     perl-doc = %version
 #
+%if "%version" != "%pversion"
+Provides:       perl = %pversion-%release
+%endif
 Provides:       perl-500
 Provides:       perl-macros
 Obsoletes:      perl-macros