diff --git a/build/rpmfc.c b/build/rpmfc.c

index 3cc2d6d..84d1e8a 100644

--- a/build/rpmfc.c

+++ b/build/rpmfc.c

@@ -522,7 +522,7 @@ static const struct rpmfcTokens_s const rpmfcTokens[] = {

   { "ASCII text",		RPMFC_WHITE|RPMFC_INCLUDE },

   { "ISO-8859 text",		RPMFC_WHITE|RPMFC_INCLUDE },

-  { "symbolic link to",		RPMFC_SYMLINK },

+  { "symbolic link to",		RPMFC_SYMLINK|RPMFC_INCLUDE },

   { "socket",			RPMFC_DEVICE },

   { "special",			RPMFC_DEVICE },

@@ -683,6 +683,105 @@ rpmds rpmfcRequires(rpmfc fc)

 /**

+ * Ensure that symlinks for shared libs generate a dep on the shared lib

+ * @param fc            file classifier

+ * @return              0 on success

+ */

+static int rpmfcSYMLINK(rpmfc fc)

+{

+    const char * fn = fc->fn[fc->ix];

+    struct stat sb;

+    int fdno;

+

+    if (fc->skipReq) 

+	return 0;

+

+    if (stat(fn, &sb) < 0)

+	return -1;

+    if (S_ISLNK(sb.st_mode))

+        return -1;

+    

+    fdno = open(fn, O_RDONLY);

+    if (fdno < 0) {

+	return fdno;

+    }

+

+#if HAVE_GELF_H && HAVE_LIBELF

+    Elf * elf = NULL;

+    GElf_Ehdr ehdr_mem, * ehdr;

+    int isElf64 = 0;

+    int i, cnt;

+    char * soname = NULL;

+    rpmds ds;

+

+    (void) elf_version(EV_CURRENT);

+    elf = NULL;

+    if ((elf = elf_begin (fdno, ELF_C_READ_MMAP, NULL)) == NULL

+        || elf_kind(elf) != ELF_K_ELF

+        || (ehdr = gelf_getehdr(elf, &ehdr_mem)) == NULL

+        || ehdr->e_type != ET_DYN)

+	goto exit;

+

+/* alpha uses /lib, not /lib64 so don't add (64bit) deps */

+#if !defined(__alpha__)

+    isElf64 = ehdr->e_ident[EI_CLASS] == ELFCLASS64;

+#endif

+

+    for (i = 0; i < ehdr->e_phnum; ++i) {

+	GElf_Phdr phdr_mem;

+	GElf_Phdr *phdr = gelf_getphdr (elf, i, &phdr_mem);

+	GElf_Shdr shdr_mem;

+	Elf_Data * data = NULL;

+	Elf_Scn * scn;

+	GElf_Shdr *shdr;

+

+	if (phdr == NULL || phdr->p_type != PT_DYNAMIC)

+	    continue;

+

+	scn = gelf_offscn(elf, phdr->p_offset);

+	shdr = gelf_getshdr(scn, &shdr_mem);

+

+	if (shdr != NULL && shdr->sh_type == SHT_DYNAMIC)

+	    data = elf_getdata (scn, NULL);

+	if (data == NULL)

+	    continue; 

+	  

+	for (cnt = 0; cnt < shdr->sh_size / shdr->sh_entsize; ++cnt) {

+	    GElf_Dyn dynmem;

+	    GElf_Dyn *dyn = gelf_getdyn (data, cnt, &dynmem);

+	    char *depname = NULL;

+

+	    if (dyn == NULL)

+		break;

+	    if (dyn->d_tag != DT_SONAME)

+		continue;

+

+	    /* add the soname to package deps */

+	    soname = elf_strptr(elf, shdr->sh_link, dyn->d_un.d_val);

+	    if (soname == NULL)

+		break;

+

+	    rasprintf(&depname, "%s%s", soname, isElf64 ? "()(64bit)" : "");

+	    /* Add to package dependencies. */

+	    ds = rpmdsSingle(RPMTAG_REQUIRENAME, depname, "", 

+			     RPMSENSE_FIND_REQUIRES);

+	    free(depname);

+

+	    rpmdsMerge(&fc->requires, ds);

+	    rpmfcAddFileDep(&fc->ddict, fc->ix, ds);

+	    ds = rpmdsFree(ds);

+	    break;

+	}

+    }

+exit:

+    if (elf) (void) elf_end(elf);

+    close(fdno);

+    return 0;

+#endif

+    return -1;

+}

+

+/**

  * Extract script dependencies.

  * @param fc		file classifier

  * @return		0 on success

@@ -1115,6 +1214,7 @@ static const struct rpmfcApplyTbl_s const rpmfcApplyTable[] = {

     { rpmfcSCRIPT,	(RPMFC_SCRIPT|RPMFC_PKGCONFIG) },

     { rpmfcSCRIPT,	(RPMFC_SCRIPT|RPMFC_LIBTOOL) },

     { rpmfcSCRIPT,      RPMFC_MONO },

+    { rpmfcSYMLINK,     RPMFC_SYMLINK },

     { NULL, 0 }

 };

@@ -1135,6 +1235,7 @@ rpmRC rpmfcApply(rpmfc fc)

     int ix;

     int i;

     int xx;

+    int skipping = 0;

     /* Generate package and per-file dependencies. */

     for (fc->ix = 0; fc->fn[fc->ix] != NULL; fc->ix++) {

@@ -1185,11 +1286,13 @@ assert(se != NULL);

 	default:

 	    break;

 	case 'P':	

+	    skipping = fc->skipProv;

 	    ds = rpmdsSingle(RPMTAG_PROVIDENAME, N, EVR, Flags);

 	    dix = rpmdsFind(fc->provides, ds);

 	    ds = rpmdsFree(ds);

 	    break;

 	case 'R':

+	    skipping = fc->skipReq;

 	    ds = rpmdsSingle(RPMTAG_REQUIRENAME, N, EVR, Flags);

 	    dix = rpmdsFind(fc->requires, ds);

 	    ds = rpmdsFree(ds);

@@ -1211,7 +1314,7 @@ assert(dix >= 0);

 	    previx = ix;

 	    xx = argiAdd(&fc->fddictx, ix, argiCount(fc->ddictx)-1);

 	}

-	if (fc->fddictn && fc->fddictn->vals)

+	if (fc->fddictn && fc->fddictn->vals && !skipping)

 	    fc->fddictn->vals[ix]++;

     }