diff --git a/requires-ge-macro.diff b/requires-ge-macro.diff
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a29cfd4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/requires-ge-macro.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+--- macros.in
++++ macros.in
+@@ -1242,6 +1242,7 @@
+ #	%dir %{perl_sitearch}/auto/Image
+ #
+ %requires_eq()	%(LC_ALL="C" echo '%*' | xargs -r rpm -q --qf 'Requires: %%{name} = %%{epoch}:%%{version}\\n' | sed -e 's/ (none):/ /' -e 's/ 0:/ /' | grep -v "is not")
++%requires_ge()	%(LC_ALL="C" echo '%*' | xargs -r rpm -q --qf 'Requires: %%{name} >= %%{epoch}:%%{version}\\n' | sed -e 's/ (none):/ /' -e 's/ 0:/ /' | grep -v "is not")
+ %perl_sitearch	%(eval "`%{__perl} -V:installsitearch`"; echo $installsitearch)
+ %perl_sitelib	%(eval "`%{__perl} -V:installsitelib`"; echo $installsitelib)
+ %perl_vendorarch %(eval "`%{__perl} -V:installvendorarch`"; echo $installvendorarch)
diff --git a/rpm-python.spec b/rpm-python.spec
index d364953..5145110 100644
--- a/rpm-python.spec
+++ b/rpm-python.spec
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ License:        GPL v2 or later
 Group:          System/Packages
 Summary:        Python Bindings for Manipulating RPM Packages
 Version:        4.4.2
-Release:        249
+Release:        251
 Requires:       rpm = %{version}
 %py_requires
 Source99:       rpm.spec
diff --git a/rpm.changes b/rpm.changes
index 61e73fb..c7bd302 100644
--- a/rpm.changes
+++ b/rpm.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Jun 30 14:02:35 CEST 2008 - dmueller@suse.de
+
+- add a requires_ge macro as well
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Jun 26 18:40:46 CEST 2008 - schwab@suse.de
 
diff --git a/rpm.spec b/rpm.spec
index 6d6d4a6..0fa66b1 100644
--- a/rpm.spec
+++ b/rpm.spec
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ PreReq:         %insserv_prereq %fillup_prereq permissions
 AutoReqProv:    on
 Summary:        The RPM Package Manager
 Version:        4.4.2
-Release:        201
+Release:        203
 Source:         rpm-%{version}.tar.bz2
 Source1:        RPM-HOWTO.tar.bz2
 Source2:        RPM-Tips.html.tar.bz2
@@ -134,6 +134,7 @@ Patch105:       lzma-payload-2.diff
 Patch106:       debugsource-package.diff
 Patch107:       whatrequires-doc.diff
 Patch108:       remove-brp-strips.diff
+Patch109:       requires-ge-macro.diff
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 #
 # avoid bootstrapping problem
@@ -206,7 +207,7 @@ rm -f rpmdb/db.h
 %patch -P 70 -P 71 -P 72 -P 73 -P 74 -P 75 -P 76 -P 77 -P 78 -P 79
 %patch -P 80 -P 81 -P 82 -P 83 -P 84 -P 85 -P 86 -P 87 -P 88 -P 89
 %patch -P 90 -P 91 -P 92 -P 93 -P 94 -P 95 -P 96 -P 97 -P 98 -P 99
-%patch -P 100 -P 101 -P 102 -P 103 -P -P 106 -P 107 -P 108
+%patch -P 100 -P 101 -P 102 -P 103 -P -P 106 -P 107 -P 108 -P 109
 %patch -P 104 -P 105 -b .lzma
 chmod 755 scripts/find-supplements{,.ksyms}
 chmod 755 scripts/find-provides.ksyms scripts/find-requires.ksyms
@@ -352,7 +353,7 @@ Summary:        A C library for parsing command line parameters
 License:        LGPL v2.1 or later
 Group:          System/Libraries
 Version:        1.7
-Release:        429
+Release:        431
 #
 
 %description -n popt
@@ -375,7 +376,7 @@ Summary:        C Library for Parsing Command Line Parameters
 License:        LGPL v2.1 or later
 Group:          System/Libraries
 Version:        1.7
-Release:        429
+Release:        431
 Requires:       popt = 1.7
 Requires:       glibc-devel
 
@@ -410,6 +411,8 @@ Authors:
 %doc	%{_mandir}/man3/popt.3*
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Jun 30 2008 dmueller@suse.de
+- add a requires_ge macro as well
 * Thu Jun 26 2008 schwab@suse.de
 - Fix db configure script.
 * Thu May 15 2008 dmueller@suse.de