--- rpm-5.4.7/lib/rpmds.c.devel_prov~	2012-03-23 04:36:02.441671158 +0100
+++ rpm-5.4.7/lib/rpmds.c	2012-03-23 04:36:06.210678312 +0100
@@ -3533,7 +3533,7 @@ int rpmdsSymlink(const char * fn, int fl
     int cnt;
     int i;
     char buf[BUFSIZ];
-    const char * s;
+    const char * s, * bn;
     int is_executable;
     int is_symlink;
     const char * soname = NULL;
@@ -3558,13 +3558,22 @@ int rpmdsSymlink(const char * fn, int fl
     ARGV_t deps = NULL;
     miRE mire;
  
+    bn = basename((char*)fn);
+    mire = mireNew(RPMMIRE_REGEX, RPMTAG_FILEPATHS);
+    if (!mireRegcomp(mire, "^lib.*\\.so$"))
+	xx = mireRegexec(mire, bn, (size_t) 0);
+    mire = mireFree(mire);
+    if (xx < 0)
+	return 0;
+
     mire = mireNew(RPMMIRE_REGEX, RPMTAG_FILEPATHS);
     /* Filename must end with ".so" to be devel(...) dependency. */
-    if (!mireRegcomp(mire, "^.*/(|usr/)lib(|64)/lib.*\\.so$"))
+    if (!mireRegcomp(mire, "^.*/(usr/)?lib(64)?/lib.*\\.so$"))
 	xx = mireRegexec(mire, fn, (size_t) 0);
     mire = mireFree(mire);
+    /* if outside of standard library dirs, we refuse to generate requires */
     if (xx < 0)
- 	return 0;
+	skipR = 1;
 
 /*@-castfcnptr@*/
 if (_rpmds_debug < 0)