diff --git a/syslinux.spec b/syslinux.spec
index 995655e..6b24089 100644
--- a/syslinux.spec
+++ b/syslinux.spec
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Summary: Simple kernel loader which boots from a FAT filesystem
 Name: syslinux
 Version: 6.03
 %define tarball_version 6.03
-Release: 1%{?dist}
+Release: 2%{?dist}
 License: GPLv2+
 Group: Applications/System
 URL: http://syslinux.zytor.com/wiki/index.php/The_Syslinux_Project
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ Syslinux tools written in perl
 %package devel
 Summary: Headers and libraries for syslinux development.
 Group: Development/Libraries
+Provides: %{name}-static = %{version}-%{release}
 
 %description devel
 Headers and libraries for syslinux development.
@@ -256,6 +257,10 @@ elif [ -f /boot/extlinux.conf ]; then \
 fi
 
 %changelog
+* Sat Jan 10 2015 Michael Schwendt <mschwendt@fedoraproject.org> - 6.03-2
+- Add -static Provides to -devel package to meet Fedora's
+  Packaging Static Libraries guidelines (rhbz #609617)
+
 * Wed Oct 08 2014 Peter Jones <pjones@redhat.com> - 6.03-1
 - Update to 6.03