diff --git a/pygobject3.spec b/pygobject3.spec
index 34bc758..4cbd5ed 100644
--- a/pygobject3.spec
+++ b/pygobject3.spec
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 
 Name: pygobject3
 Version: 3.17.1
-Release: 2%{?dist}
+Release: 3%{?dist}
 License: LGPLv2+ and MIT
 Group: Development/Languages
 Summary: Python 2 bindings for GObject Introspection
@@ -93,15 +93,25 @@ This package contains files required to embed PyGObject
 Summary: Python 3 bindings for GObject Introspection
 Group: Development/Languages
 
+Requires: python3-gobject-base%{?_isa} = %{version}-%{release}
+
 # The cairo override module depends on this
 Requires: python3-cairo%{?_isa}
-Requires: gobject-introspection%{?_isa} >= %{gobject_introspection_version}
 
 %description -n python3-gobject
 The python3-gobject package provides a convenient wrapper for the GObject 
 library and and other libraries that are compatible with GObject Introspection, 
 for use in Python 3 programs.
 
+%package -n python3-gobject-base
+Summary: Python 3 bindings for GObject Introspection base package
+Group: Development/Languages
+Requires: gobject-introspection%{?_isa} >= %{gobject_introspection_version}
+
+%description -n python3-gobject-base
+This package provides the non-cairo specific bits of the GObject Introspection
+library.
+
 %endif # with_python3
 
 %prep
@@ -202,15 +212,23 @@ xvfb-run make DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT check %{verbosity}
 %if 0%{?with_python3}
 %files -n python3-gobject
 %defattr(644, root, root, 755)
+%{python3_sitearch}/gi/_gi_cairo*.so
+
+%files -n python3-gobject-base
+%defattr(644, root, root, 755)
 %doc AUTHORS NEWS README COPYING
 %dir %{python3_sitearch}/gi
 %{python3_sitearch}/gi/*
+%exclude %{python3_sitearch}/gi/_gi_cairo*.so
 %{python3_sitearch}/pygobject-*.egg-info
 %{python3_sitearch}/pygtkcompat/
 
 %endif # with_python3
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Jun 30 2015 Kalev Lember <klember@redhat.com> - 3.17.1-3
+- Split non-cairo parts python3-gobject into a subpackage
+
 * Thu Jun 18 2015 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng@lists.fedoraproject.org> - 3.17.1-2
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_23_Mass_Rebuild