diff --git a/tcpd.changes b/tcpd.changes
index b51b788..706fa61 100644
--- a/tcpd.changes
+++ b/tcpd.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Jan  7 12:34:56 CET 2009 - olh@suse.de
+
+- obsolete old -XXbit packages (bnc#437293)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Nov 11 16:54:34 CET 2008 - ro@suse.de
 
diff --git a/tcpd.spec b/tcpd.spec
index cedb61c..9e228d0 100644
--- a/tcpd.spec
+++ b/tcpd.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package tcpd (Version 7.6)
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2008 SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
+# Copyright (c) 2009 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
@@ -25,8 +25,13 @@ Group:          Productivity/Networking/System
 Provides:       nkitb:/usr/sbin/tcpd
 BuildRequires:  linux-kernel-headers
 AutoReqProv:    on
+# bug437293
+%ifarch ppc64
+Obsoletes:      tcpd-64bit
+%endif
+#
 Version:        7.6
-Release:        855
+Release:        856
 Summary:        A security wrapper for TCP daemons
 Source:         tcp_wrappers_%{version}.tar.bz2
 Patch0:         tcp_wrappers_%{version}.diff
@@ -76,6 +81,11 @@ Summary:        Include Files and Libraries for the TCP wrapper library
 Group:          Productivity/Networking/System
 Requires:       %{name} = %{version}
 Requires:       glibc-devel
+# bug437293
+%ifarch ppc64
+Obsoletes:      tcpd-devel-64bit
+%endif
+#
 
 %description devel
 This package contains the library and header files, which are necessary
@@ -158,6 +168,8 @@ ln -sf /%{_lib}/libwrap.so.0.%{version} libwrap.so
 %{_libdir}/libwrap.so
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Jan 07 2009 olh@suse.de
+- obsolete old -XXbit packages (bnc#437293)
 * Tue Nov 11 2008 ro@suse.de
 - SLE-11 uses PPC64 instead of PPC, adapt baselibs.conf
 * Mon Oct 13 2008 prusnak@suse.cz