diff --git a/kmod.spec b/kmod.spec
index 03f6fa26161f2cbc9e4f707445d4edec82221b1b..121ddfa5bc8da7366947f6ee3228750557ed4a78 100644
--- a/kmod.spec
+++ b/kmod.spec
@@ -16,17 +16,24 @@ Patch9002:      depmod-prevent-module-dependency-files-corruption-du.patch
 BuildRequires:  gcc chrpath zlib-devel xz-devel libxslt
 
 Provides:       module-init-tools = 4.0-1
-Provides:       %{name} = %{version}-%{release} %{name}-libs
+Provides:       %{name} = %{version}-%{release}
 Provides:       /sbin/modprobe
-Obsoletes:      %{name}-libs
 
 %description
 The kmod package provides several commands to manage the kernel modules,
 such as insmod to load and rmmod to unload the modules.
 
+%package libs
+Summary:        Kernel module loading and unloading
+License:        LGPLv2+
+
+%description libs
+The kmod-libs package provides runtime libraries for loading or unloading 
+kernel modules from the running system.
+
 %package devel
 Summary:        Header files for kmod development
-Requires:       %{name} = %{version}-%{release}
+Requires:       %{name}-libs%{?_isa} = %{version}-%{release}
 
 %description devel
 The kmod-devel package provides header files used for loading or unloading
@@ -68,9 +75,9 @@ mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/sbin
 install -m 755 %{SOURCE1} $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_sbindir}/weak-modules
 install -m 0644 %{SOURCE2} $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_sysconfdir}/depmod.d/dist.conf
 
-%post -p /sbin/ldconfig
+%post libs -p /sbin/ldconfig
 
-%postun -p /sbin/ldconfig
+%postun libs -p /sbin/ldconfig
 
 %files
 %exclude %{_libdir}/*.la
@@ -83,6 +90,7 @@ install -m 0644 %{SOURCE2} $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_sysconfdir}/depmod.d/dist.conf
 %{_datadir}/bash-completion/
 %{_sysconfdir}/depmod.d/dist.conf
 
+%files libs
 %{!?_licensedir:%global license %%doc}
 %license COPYING
 %{_libdir}/libkmod.so.*