diff --git a/mpdecimal.spec b/mpdecimal.spec
index 3469e98..308a81f 100644
--- a/mpdecimal.spec
+++ b/mpdecimal.spec
@@ -17,13 +17,24 @@ BuildRequires:  gcc-c++
 BuildRequires:  unzip
 
 %description
-The package contains a library limpdec implementing General Decimal Arithmetic
-Specification. The specification, written by Mike Cowlishaw from IBM, defines
-a general purpose arbitrary precision data type together with rigorously
-specified functions and rounding behavior.
+The package contains a library libmpdec implementing General Decimal
+Arithmetic Specification. The specification, written by Mike Cowlishaw from
+IBM, defines a general purpose arbitrary precision data type together with
+rigorously specified functions and rounding behavior.
+
+%package -n %{name}++
+Requires:       %{name}%{?_isa} = %{version}-%{release}
+Summary:        Library for general decimal arithmetic (C++)
+
+%description -n %{name}++
+The package contains a library libmpdec++ implementing General Decimal
+Arithmetic Specification. The specification, written by Mike Cowlishaw from
+IBM, defines a general purpose arbitrary precision data type together with
+rigorously specified functions and rounding behavior.
 
 %package        devel
 Requires:       %{name}%{?_isa} = %{version}-%{release}
+Requires:       %{name}++%{?_isa} = %{version}-%{release}
 Summary:        Development headers for mpdecimal library
 
 %description devel
@@ -76,6 +87,8 @@ fi
 %license LICENSE.txt
 %{_libdir}/libmpdec.so.%{version}
 %{_libdir}/libmpdec.so.3
+
+%files -n %{name}++
 %{_libdir}/libmpdec++.so.%{version}
 %{_libdir}/libmpdec++.so.3
 
@@ -92,8 +105,21 @@ fi
 %ldconfig_scriptlets
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Jan 19 2023 Miro Hrončok <mhroncok@redhat.com> - 2.5.1-3
+- Split libmpdec++ into a mpdecimal++ subpackage
+- This prevents packages only using the libmpdec library from transitively depending on libstdc++
+
 * Wed Jan 18 2023 Charalampos Stratakis <cstratak@redhat.com> - 2.5.1-2
 - Fix license information
 
 * Tue Jan 17 2023 Charalampos Stratakis <cstratak@redhat.com> - 2.5.1-1
 - Import into RHEL
+- Fedora contributions by:
+      Charalampos Stratakis <cstratak@redhat.com>
+      Igor Gnatenko <ignatenkobrain@fedoraproject.org>
+      Jan Vcelak <jvcelak@fedoraproject.org>
+      Jaroslav Škarvada <jskarvad@redhat.com>
+      Jeff Law <law@redhat.com>
+      Lukas Zachar <lzachar@redhat.com>
+      Miro Hrončok <miro@hroncok.cz>
+      Tom Stellard <tstellar@redhat.com>