diff --git a/lib/depends.c b/lib/depends.c

index 69aecbb..5101d32 100644

--- a/lib/depends.c

+++ b/lib/depends.c

@@ -386,6 +386,108 @@ static int rpmdbProvides(rpmts ts, depCache dcache, rpmds dep)

     return rc;

 }

+/*

+ * Temporary support for live-conversion of the filesystem hierarchy

+ *   mailto: kay@redhat.com, harald@redhat.com

+ *   https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/UsrMove

+ *

+ *   X-CheckUnifiedSystemdir:

+ *     /bin, /sbin, /lib, /lib64 --> /usr

+ *

+ *   X-CheckUnifiedBindir:

+ *     /usr/sbin -> /usr/bin

+ *

+ *   X-CheckMultiArchLibdir:

+ *     /usr/lib64 /usr/lib/<platform tuple> (e.g. x86_64-linux-gnu)

+ *

+ * This code is not needed for new installations, it can be removed after

+ * updates from older systems are no longer supported: Fedora 19 / RHEL 8.

+ */

+

+static int CheckLink(const char *dir, const char *root)

+{

+    char *d = NULL;

+    struct stat sbuf;

+    int rc = 0;

+

+    if (!root)

+	root = "/";

+

+    rasprintf(&d, "%s%s", root, dir);

+    if (!d) {

+	rc = -1;

+	goto exit;

+    }

+

+    /* directory or symlink does not exist, all is fine */

+    if (lstat(d, &sbuf) < 0) {

+	rc = 1;

+	goto exit;

+    }

+

+    /* if it is a symlink, all is fine */

+    if (S_ISLNK(sbuf.st_mode))

+	rc = 1;

+

+exit:

+    free(d);

+    return rc;

+}

+

+static int CheckFilesystemHierarchy(rpmds * dsp, const char *root)

+{

+    static const char *dirs[] = { "bin", "sbin", "lib", "lib64" };

+    int check;

+    int i;

+    rpmds ds;

+    int rc = 0;

+

+    for (i = 0; i < sizeof(dirs) / sizeof(dirs[0]); i++) {

+	check = CheckLink(dirs[i], root);

+	if (check < 0) {

+	    rc = -1;

+	    goto exit;

+	}

+

+	if (check == 0)

+	    goto exit;

+    }

+    ds = rpmdsSingle(RPMTAG_PROVIDENAME,

+		     "rpmlib(X-CheckUnifiedSystemdir)", "1",

+		     RPMSENSE_EQUAL);

+    rpmdsMerge(dsp, ds);

+    rpmdsFree(ds);

+

+    check = CheckLink("usr/lib64", root);

+    if (check < 0) {

+        rc = -1;

+        goto exit;

+    }

+    if (check > 0) {

+	ds = rpmdsSingle(RPMTAG_PROVIDENAME,

+			 "rpmlib(X-CheckMultiArchLibdir)", "1",

+			 RPMSENSE_EQUAL);

+	rpmdsMerge(dsp, ds);

+	rpmdsFree(ds);

+    }

+

+    check = CheckLink("usr/sbin", root);

+    if (check < 0) {

+	rc = -1;

+	goto exit;

+    }

+    if (check > 0) {

+	ds = rpmdsSingle(RPMTAG_PROVIDENAME,

+			 "rpmlib(X-CheckUnifiedBindir)", "1",

+			 RPMSENSE_EQUAL);

+	rpmdsMerge(dsp, ds);

+	rpmdsFree(ds);

+    }

+

+exit:

+    return rc;

+}

+

 /**

  * Check dep for an unsatisfied dependency.

  * @param ts		transaction set

@@ -410,9 +512,11 @@ retry:

      */

     if (dsflags & RPMSENSE_RPMLIB) {

 	static int oneshot = -1;

-	if (oneshot) 

+	if (oneshot) {

 	    oneshot = rpmdsRpmlib(&rpmlibP, NULL);

-	

+	    CheckFilesystemHierarchy(&rpmlibP, rpmtsRootDir(ts));

+	}

+

 	if (rpmlibP != NULL && rpmdsSearch(rpmlibP, dep) >= 0) {

 	    rpmdsNotify(dep, "(rpmlib provides)", rc);

 	    goto exit;