diff --git a/glusterfs.spec b/glusterfs.spec
index 96e7b5c..24ad213 100644
--- a/glusterfs.spec
+++ b/glusterfs.spec
@@ -139,14 +139,20 @@ 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
+# We do not want to generate useless provides and requires for xlator .so files
+# Filter all generated:
+# - .so requires that do not start with 'lib'
+# - all provides from xlators and private libraries not in the ldconfig path
+#
 # TODO: RHEL5 does not have a convenient solution
 %if 0%{?rhel} == 6
     # filter_setup exists in RHEL6 only
     %filter_provides_in %{_libdir}/glusterfs/%{version}/
+    %global __filter_from_req %{?__filter_from_req} | %{__grep} -v -P '^(?!lib).*\.so.*$'
     %filter_setup
 %else
     # modern rpm and current Fedora
+    %global __requires_exclude -P ^(?!lib).*\.so.*$
     %global __provides_exclude_from ^%{_libdir}/glusterfs/%{version}/.*$
 %endif