diff --git a/macros.python b/macros.python
index 938e422..84b9f57 100644
--- a/macros.python
+++ b/macros.python
@@ -13,33 +13,37 @@ CFLAGS="%{optflags}" %{__python} %{py_setup} %{?py_setup_args} install -O1 --ski
         function string.starts(String,Start)\
                 return string.sub(String,1,string.len(Start))==Start\
         end\
-        str = rpm.expand("%{?1:%{1}}");\
+        package = rpm.expand("%{?1:%{1}}");\
         vr = rpm.expand("%{?epoch:%{epoch}:}%{version}-%{release}")
-        if (string.starts(str, "python2-")) then\
-                print("Provides: python-");\
-                print(string.sub(str,9,string.len(str)));\
+        if (string.starts(package, "python2-")) then\
+                str = "Provides: python-" .. string.sub(package,9,string.len(package)) .. "%{?_isa} = " .. vr;\
+                print(rpm.expand(str));\
+                print("\\nProvides: python-");\
+                print(string.sub(package,9,string.len(package)));\
                 print(" = ");\
                 print(vr);\
                 --Obsoleting the previous default python package\
+                str = "\\nObsoletes: python-" .. string.sub(package,9,string.len(package)) .. "%{?_isa} < " .. vr;\
+                print(rpm.expand(str));\
                 print("\\nObsoletes: python-");\
-                print(string.sub(str,9,string.len(str)));\
+                print(string.sub(package,9,string.len(package)));\
                 print(" < ");\
                 print(vr);\
-        elseif (string.starts(str, "python3-")) then\
+        elseif (string.starts(package, "python3-")) then\
                 --No unversioned provides as python3 is not default\
-        elseif (string.starts(str, "pypy-")) then\
+        elseif (string.starts(package, "pypy-")) then\
                 --No unversioned provides as pypy is not default\
-        elseif (string.starts(str, "pypy3-")) then\
+        elseif (string.starts(package, "pypy3-")) then\
                 --No unversioned provides as pypy is not default\
-        elseif (string.starts(str, "python-")) then\
+        elseif (string.starts(package, "python-")) then\
                 --Providing the current default python\
                 print("Provides: python2-");\
-                print(string.sub(str,8,string.len(str)));\
+                print(string.sub(package,8,string.len(package)));\
                 print(" = ");\
                 print(vr);\
         else\
                 print("ERROR: ");\
-                print(str);\
+                print(package);\
                 print("not recognized.");\
         end\
 }
diff --git a/python.spec b/python.spec
index 2635734..8110d7d 100644
--- a/python.spec
+++ b/python.spec
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ Summary: An interpreted, interactive, object-oriented programming language
 Name: %{python}
 # Remember to also rebase python-docs when changing this:
 Version: 2.7.10
-Release: 10%{?dist}
+Release: 11%{?dist}
 License: Python
 Group: Development/Languages
 Requires: %{python}-libs%{?_isa} = %{version}-%{release}
@@ -2155,6 +2155,9 @@ rm -fr %{buildroot}
 # ======================================================
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Oct 15 2015 Thomas Spura <tomspur@fedoraproject.org> - 2.7.10-11
+- provide/obsolete _isa packages in python_provide (#1271776)
+
 * Wed Sep 23 2015 Robert Kuska <rkuska@redhat.com> - 2.7.10-10
 - Revert the moving modules to python-tools because distutils uses lib2to3