Thanks for your help Rex and Panu. I've updated the package, the updated .spec file is at http://vpv.fedorapeople.org/packages/python-pymtp.spec I decided to depend on the libmtp soname, because a libmtp soname bump will probably lead to pymtp being broken. I used the following "trick", once recommended to me by Ville SkyttÃ: %global libmtp libmtp.so.8 %ifarch x86_64 ppc64 ia64 sparc64 s390x %global mark64 ()(64bit) %endif Requires: %{libmtp}%{?mark64} -- Ville-Pekka Vainio -- packaging mailing list packaging@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/packaging