diff -up rpmlint-rpmlint-1.9/SpecCheck.py.fixuep rpmlint-rpmlint-1.9/SpecCheck.py
--- rpmlint-rpmlint-1.9/SpecCheck.py.fixuep	2017-02-08 16:54:24.055208215 -0500
+++ rpmlint-rpmlint-1.9/SpecCheck.py	2017-02-08 16:56:05.012862286 -0500
@@ -404,8 +404,9 @@ class SpecCheck(AbstractCheck.AbstractCh
                 if res:
                     provs = Pkg.parse_deps(res.group(1))
                     for prov in unversioned(provs):
-                        printWarning(pkg, 'unversioned-explicit-provides',
-                                     prov)
+                        if not prov.startswith('/'):
+                            printWarning(pkg, 'unversioned-explicit-provides',
+                                         prov)
                         if compop_regex.search(prov):
                             printWarning(pkg,
                                          'comparison-operator-in-deptoken',
@@ -415,8 +416,9 @@ class SpecCheck(AbstractCheck.AbstractCh
                 if res:
                     obses = Pkg.parse_deps(res.group(1))
                     for obs in unversioned(obses):
-                        printWarning(pkg, 'unversioned-explicit-obsoletes',
-                                     obs)
+                        if not obs.startswith('/'):
+                            printWarning(pkg, 'unversioned-explicit-obsoletes',
+                                         obs)
                         if compop_regex.search(obs):
                             printWarning(pkg,
                                          'comparison-operator-in-deptoken',
diff -up rpmlint-rpmlint-1.9/test/spec/SpecCheck.spec.fixuep rpmlint-rpmlint-1.9/test/spec/SpecCheck.spec
--- rpmlint-rpmlint-1.9/test/spec/SpecCheck.spec.fixuep	2017-02-08 16:56:28.492316699 -0500
+++ rpmlint-rpmlint-1.9/test/spec/SpecCheck.spec	2017-02-08 16:56:57.105651818 -0500
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{ve
 Provides:       unversioned-provides, versioned-provides = 1.0
 Obsoletes:      versioned-obsoletes < 2.0
 Obsoletes:      unversioned-obsoletes
+Obsoletes:      /usr/bin/unversioned-but-filename
+Provides:       /sbin/another-unversioned-but-filename
 
 %description
 SpecCheck test.
diff -up rpmlint-rpmlint-1.9/test/test.SpecCheck.py.fixuep rpmlint-rpmlint-1.9/test/test.SpecCheck.py
--- rpmlint-rpmlint-1.9/test/test.SpecCheck.py.fixuep	2017-02-08 16:57:15.938214210 -0500
+++ rpmlint-rpmlint-1.9/test/test.SpecCheck.py	2017-02-08 16:57:54.448319360 -0500
@@ -25,10 +25,12 @@ class TestSpecCheck(unittest.TestCase):
                         in out)
         self.assertTrue("unversioned-explicit-provides versioned-provides"
                         not in out)
+        self.assertTrue("unversioned-explicit-provides /" not in out)
         self.assertTrue("unversioned-explicit-obsoletes unversioned-obsoletes"
                         in out)
         self.assertTrue("unversioned-explicit-obsoletes versioned-obsoletes"
                         not in out)
+        self.assertTrue("unversioned-explicit-obsoletes /" not in out)
         self.assertTrue("setup-not-quiet" in out)
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':