diff --git a/libvirt.spec.in b/libvirt.spec.in
index 7add13f8715d7539641c99bbee0a3d3cd56d9574..7b5c4d77cc198e239d609e3326230091ea9d8eae 100644
--- a/libvirt.spec.in
+++ b/libvirt.spec.in
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ the virtualization capabilities of recent versions of Linux (and other OSes).
 %package python
 Summary: Python bindings for the libvirt library
 Group: Development/Libraries
-Requires: libvirt = %{version}-%{release}
+Requires: libvirt-client = %{version}-%{release}
 
 %description python
 The libvirt-python package contains a module that permits applications