diff --git a/gcr.spec b/gcr.spec
index 639e5c4..ace8971 100644
--- a/gcr.spec
+++ b/gcr.spec
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 Name:           gcr
 Version:        3.28.1
-Release:        2%{?dist}
+Release:        3%{?dist}
 Summary:        A library for bits of crypto UI and parsing
 
 License:        LGPLv2+
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ BuildRequires:  valgrind-devel
 BuildRequires:  /usr/bin/gpg2
 BuildRequires:  /usr/bin/valac
 BuildRequires:  /usr/bin/xsltproc
+Requires: %{name}-base%{?_isa} = %{version}-%{release}
 
 %description
 gcr is a library for displaying certificates, and crypto UI, accessing
@@ -42,6 +43,12 @@ Requires: %{name}%{?_isa} = %{version}-%{release}
 %description devel
 The gcr-devel package includes the header files for the gcr library.
 
+%package base
+Summary: Library files for gcr
+Conflicts: %{name} < 3.28.1-3
+
+%description base
+The gcr-base package includes the gcr-base library.
 
 %prep
 %autosetup -p1
@@ -82,9 +89,7 @@ desktop-file-validate $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_datadir}/applications/gcr-viewer.desktop
 %{_datadir}/GConf/gsettings/org.gnome.crypto.pgp_keyservers.convert
 %{_datadir}/glib-2.0/schemas/org.gnome.crypto.pgp.gschema.xml
 %{_libdir}/girepository-1.0
-%{_libdir}/libgck-1.so.*
 %{_libdir}/libgcr-3.so.*
-%{_libdir}/libgcr-base-3.so.*
 %{_libdir}/libgcr-ui-3.so.*
 %{_datadir}/icons/hicolor/*/apps/*
 %{_datadir}/mime/packages/gcr-crypto-types.xml
@@ -112,8 +117,14 @@ desktop-file-validate $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_datadir}/applications/gcr-viewer.desktop
 %{_datadir}/gtk-doc/html/gcr-3
 %{_datadir}/vala/
 
+%files base
+%{_libdir}/libgck-1.so.*
+%{_libdir}/libgcr-base-3.so.*
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Apr 11 2019 Fabiano Fidêncio <fidencio@redhat.com> - 3.28.1-3
+- Split gcr-base into a new package
+
 * Thu Jan 31 2019 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 3.28.1-2
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_30_Mass_Rebuild