diff --git a/glusterfs.spec b/glusterfs.spec
index a627918..96e7b5c 100644
--- a/glusterfs.spec
+++ b/glusterfs.spec
@@ -139,6 +139,16 @@ Provides:         %{name}-libs = %{version}-%{release}
 Provides:         %{name}-common = %{version}-%{release}
 Provides:         %{name}-core = %{version}-%{release}
 
+# We do not want to generate useless provides for xlator .so files
+# TODO: RHEL5 does not have a convenient solution
+%if 0%{?rhel} == 6
+    # filter_setup exists in RHEL6 only
+    %filter_provides_in %{_libdir}/glusterfs/%{version}/
+    %filter_setup
+%else
+    # modern rpm and current Fedora
+    %global __provides_exclude_from ^%{_libdir}/glusterfs/%{version}/.*$
+%endif
 
 %description
 GlusterFS is a clustered file-system capable of scaling to several
@@ -1183,6 +1193,13 @@ fi
 - add %{prereltag} for upcoming 3.3.2 and 3.4.0 alpha and beta builds
 - add librdmacm-devel for rdma builds
 
+* Mon Apr 15 2013 Niels de Vos <devos@fedoraproject.org>
+- Remove useless provides for xlator .so files and private libraries
+  (3.4.x)
+
+* Wed Apr 10 2013 Kaleb S. KEITHLEY <kkeithle[at]redhat.com> - 3.4.0-0.1alpha2
+- prerelease 3.4.0alpha2 for oVirt/vdsm dependencies in Fedora19
+
 * Wed Mar 6 2013 Kaleb S. KEITHLEY <kkeithle[at]redhat.com> - 3.3.1-11
 - /var/run/gluster - sync with gluster.org git
 - Requires: portmap for rhel5 instead of rpcbind