diff --git a/boost.spec b/boost.spec
index a5d7253434b45225743e314b087f6f6b157f7970..2d0fc657506067e23cdd88942718e2801661f25a 100644
--- a/boost.spec
+++ b/boost.spec
@@ -442,7 +442,7 @@ configurable implementation of the mandated C99/C++ preprocessor
 functionality packed behind an easy to use iterator interface.
 
 %package devel
-Summary: The Boost C++ headers, shared and static development libraries and examples
+Summary: The Boost C++ headers, shared and static development libraries
 Requires: boost%{?_isa} = %{version}-%{release}
 Requires: libicu-devel%{?_isa}
 %if %{with quadmath}
@@ -450,12 +450,10 @@ Requires: libquadmath-devel%{?_isa}
 %endif
 Provides: boost-static
 Obsoletes: boost-static
-Provides: boost-examples
-Obsoletes: boost-examples
 
 %description devel
 Headers shared object symbolic links for the Boost C++ libraries and static
-Boost C++ libraries, example source files distributed with boost.
+Boost C++ libraries distributed with boost.
 
 %package help
 Summary: HTML documentation for the Boost C++ libraries
@@ -466,6 +464,14 @@ This package contains the documentation in the HTML format of the Boost C++
 libraries. The documentation provides the same content as that on the Boost
 web page (http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/%{version_enc}).
 
+%package examples
+Summary: Source examples for the Boost C++ libraries
+BuildArch: noarch
+Requires: boost-devel = %{version}-%{release}
+
+%description examples
+This package contains example source files distributed with boost.
+
 %if 0%{with openmpi}
 %package openmpi
 Summary: Run-time component of Boost.MPI library
@@ -1120,6 +1126,8 @@ fi
 %if 0%{with openmpi}
 %{_libdir}/openmpi/lib/*.a
 %endif
+
+%files examples
 %doc %{boost_examplesdir}/*
 
 %if 0%{with openmpi}