diff --git a/evince.spec b/evince.spec
index 0a9bde9..8affd1d 100644
--- a/evince.spec
+++ b/evince.spec
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+# Exclude private libraries from autogenerated provides and requires
+%global __provides_exclude_from ^%{_libdir}/evince/
+%global __requires_exclude ^(%%(find %{buildroot}%{_libdir}/evince/ -name '*.so' | xargs -n1 basename | sort -u | paste -s -d '|' -))
+
 Name:           evince
 Version:        40.1
 Release:        1%{?dist}
@@ -248,6 +252,7 @@ desktop-file-validate $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_datadir}/applications/org.gnome.Evince-p
 - Remove various minimum version requires
 - Remove old obsoletes
 - Don't use ldconfig_scriptlets
+- Filter private library provides
 
 * Fri Mar 26 2021 Kalev Lember <klember@redhat.com> - 40.0-1
 - Update to 40.0