diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index eb0e2bdd7..34632a342 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 2.90 -> 2.91
 	- create rpmbzio.c to avoid implicit dependence on libbz2 for installer.
+	- spec files can provide /filename now
 
 2.5.x -> 2.90
 	- added --excludepath
diff --git a/build/parseReqs.c b/build/parseReqs.c
index 9a31fe341..a4412afdf 100644
--- a/build/parseReqs.c
+++ b/build/parseReqs.c
@@ -118,15 +118,14 @@ int parseProvidesObsoletes(Spec spec, Package pkg, char *field, int tag)
     line = buf;
     
     while ((prov = strtok(line, " ,\t\n"))) {
-	if (prov[0] == '/') {
+	if (prov[0] == '/' && tag != RPMTAG_PROVIDES) {
 	    rpmError(RPMERR_BADSPEC,
-		     _("line %d: No file names in %s: %s"),
-		     spec->lineNum,
-		     (tag == RPMTAG_PROVIDES) ? "Provides" : "Obsoletes",
-		     spec->line);
+		     _("line %d: No file names in Obsoletes: %s"),
+		     spec->lineNum, spec->line);
 	    return RPMERR_BADSPEC;
 	}
-	if (!(isalnum(prov[0]) || prov[0] == '_')) {
+	if (!(isalnum(prov[0]) || prov[0] == '_') && 
+	     (tag == RPMTAG_OBSOLETES || prov[0] != '/')) {
 	    rpmError(RPMERR_BADSPEC,
 		     _("line %d: %s: tokens must begin with alpha-numeric: %s"),
 		     spec->lineNum,
@@ -134,14 +133,6 @@ int parseProvidesObsoletes(Spec spec, Package pkg, char *field, int tag)
 		     spec->line);
 	    return RPMERR_BADSPEC;
 	}
-	if (!(isalnum(prov[0]) || prov[0] == '_')) {
-	    rpmError(RPMERR_BADSPEC,
-		     "line %d: %s: tokens must begin with alpha-numeric: %s",
-		     spec->lineNum,
-		     (tag == RPMTAG_PROVIDES) ? "Provides" : "Obsoletes",
-		     spec->line);
-	    return RPMERR_BADSPEC;
-	}
 	addReqProv(spec, pkg->header, flags, prov, NULL, 0);
 	line = NULL;
     }
diff --git a/lib/depends.c b/lib/depends.c
index 5c4b24c99..09667d328 100644
--- a/lib/depends.c
+++ b/lib/depends.c
@@ -468,41 +468,41 @@ static int unsatisfiedDepend(rpmTransactionSet rpmdep, char * reqName,
 		dbiFreeIndexRecord(matches);
 		if (i < dbiIndexSetCount(matches)) return 0;
 	    }
-	} else {
-	    if (!reqFlags && !rpmdbFindByProvides(rpmdep->db, reqName, 
-						  &matches)) {
-		for (i = 0; i < dbiIndexSetCount(matches); i++) {
-		    unsigned int recOffset = dbiIndexRecordOffset(matches, i);
-		    if (bsearch(&recOffset,
-				rpmdep->removedPackages, 
-				rpmdep->numRemovedPackages, 
-				sizeof(int), intcmp)) 
-			continue;
+	}
+
+	if (!reqFlags && !rpmdbFindByProvides(rpmdep->db, reqName, 
+					      &matches)) {
+	    for (i = 0; i < dbiIndexSetCount(matches); i++) {
+		unsigned int recOffset = dbiIndexRecordOffset(matches, i);
+		if (bsearch(&recOffset,
+			    rpmdep->removedPackages, 
+			    rpmdep->numRemovedPackages, 
+			    sizeof(int), intcmp)) 
+		    continue;
+		break;
+	    }
+
+	    dbiFreeIndexRecord(matches);
+	    if (i < dbiIndexSetCount(matches)) return 0;
+	}
+
+	if (!rpmdbFindPackage(rpmdep->db, reqName, &matches)) {
+	    for (i = 0; i < dbiIndexSetCount(matches); i++) {
+		unsigned int recOffset = dbiIndexRecordOffset(matches, i);
+		if (bsearch(&recOffset,
+			    rpmdep->removedPackages, 
+			    rpmdep->numRemovedPackages, 
+			    sizeof(int), intcmp)) 
+		    continue;
+
+		if (dbrecMatchesDepFlags(rpmdep, recOffset, 
+					 reqVersion, reqFlags)) {
 		    break;
 		}
-
-		dbiFreeIndexRecord(matches);
-		if (i < dbiIndexSetCount(matches)) return 0;
 	    }
 
-	    if (!rpmdbFindPackage(rpmdep->db, reqName, &matches)) {
-		for (i = 0; i < dbiIndexSetCount(matches); i++) {
-		    unsigned int recOffset = dbiIndexRecordOffset(matches, i);
-		    if (bsearch(&recOffset,
-				rpmdep->removedPackages, 
-				rpmdep->numRemovedPackages, 
-				sizeof(int), intcmp)) 
-			continue;
-
-		    if (dbrecMatchesDepFlags(rpmdep, recOffset, 
-					     reqVersion, reqFlags)) {
-			break;
-		    }
-		}
-
-		dbiFreeIndexRecord(matches);
-		if (i < dbiIndexSetCount(matches)) return 0;
-	    }
+	    dbiFreeIndexRecord(matches);
+	    if (i < dbiIndexSetCount(matches)) return 0;
 	}
     }