diff --git a/tix.spec b/tix.spec
index b19d3b6..1486aaf 100644
--- a/tix.spec
+++ b/tix.spec
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ Summary: A set of extension widgets for Tk
 Name: tix
 Epoch: 1
 Version: %{tixmajor}.0
-Release: 5
+Release: 7
 License: BSD
 Group: Development/Languages
 URL: http://tix.sourceforge.net/
@@ -65,11 +65,15 @@ make all %{?_smp_mflags}
 rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 make install DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 
-# devel symlinks
+# move shared lib
+rm -f $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_libdir}/libTix%{tixmajor}.so
+mv $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_libdir}/Tix%{tixmajor}/libTix%{tixmajor}.so $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_libdir}/libTix%{tixmajor}.so
+( cd $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_libdir}/Tix%{tixmajor}
+  ln -sf ../libTix%{tixmajor}.so .
+)
 ( cd $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_libdir}
-  rm -f libtix.so libTix.so
-  ln -s Tix%{tixmajor}/libTix%{tixmajor}.so libtix.so
-  ln -s Tix%{tixmajor}/libTix%{tixmajor}.so libTix.so
+  ln -sf libTix%{tixmajor}.so libTix.so
+  ln -sf libTix%{tixmajor}.so libtix.so
 )
 
 # install demo scripts
@@ -100,6 +104,7 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 
 %files
 %defattr(-,root,root,-)
+%{_libdir}/libTix%{tixmajor}.so
 %dir %{_libdir}/Tix%{tixmajor}
 %{_libdir}/Tix%{tixmajor}/libTix%{tixmajor}.so
 %{_libdir}/Tix%{tixmajor}/*.tcl
@@ -110,9 +115,9 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 
 %files devel
 %defattr(-,root,root,-)
-%{_libdir}/libTix.so
-%{_libdir}/libtix.so
 %{_includedir}/tix.h
+%{_libdir}/libtix.so
+%{_libdir}/libTix.so
 %{_mandir}/mann
 
 %files doc
@@ -120,6 +125,9 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 %doc docs/*
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Apr 03 2006 David Cantrell <dcantrell@redhat.com> - 1:8.4.0-7
+- libTix8.4.so shared lib placement fixup (#187739)
+
 * Mon Mar 27 2006 David Cantrell <dcantrell@redhat.com> - 1:8.4.0-5
 - Make sure libTix8.4.so is in /usr/lib/Tix8.4