diff --git a/gedit-plugins.spec b/gedit-plugins.spec
index 09ebd85..4435835 100644
--- a/gedit-plugins.spec
+++ b/gedit-plugins.spec
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+# Filter provides for plugin .so files
+%global __provides_exclude_from ^%{_libdir}/gedit/plugins/
+
 %global tarball_version %%(echo %{version} | tr '~' '.')
 
 Name:           gedit-plugins
@@ -343,6 +346,7 @@ The gedit wordcompletion plugin.
 %changelog
 * Wed Mar 24 2021 Kalev Lember <klember@redhat.com> - 40.0-1
 - Update to 40.0
+- Filter provides for plugin .so files
 
 * Fri Feb 05 2021 Kalev Lember <klember@redhat.com> - 3.38.1-3
 - Don't build gedit-plugin-charmap and gedit-plugin-git for RHEL