diff --git a/phonon-backend-gstreamer.spec b/phonon-backend-gstreamer.spec
index 4bd5bc0..6e38c68 100644
--- a/phonon-backend-gstreamer.spec
+++ b/phonon-backend-gstreamer.spec
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Summary: Gstreamer phonon backend
 Name:    phonon-backend-gstreamer
 Epoch:   2
 Version: 4.5.90
-Release: 2%{?dist}
+Release: 3%{?dist}
 Group:   System Environment/Libraries
 License: LGPLv2+
 URL:     http://phonon.kde.org/
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@ Provides:  phonon-backend-gst = %{version}-%{release}
 Obsoletes: phonon-gstreamer < 4.4.4-0.2
 Provides:  phonon-gstreamer = %{version}-%{release}
 
+# provide upgrade path for deprecated/removed -xine backend
+Obsoletes: phonon-backend-xine < 4.5.0
+
 Requires: gstreamer-plugins-good
 # not *strictly* required, but strongly recommended by upstream when built
 # with USE_INSTALL_PLUGIN
@@ -91,6 +94,9 @@ gtk-update-icon-cache %{_datadir}/icons/hicolor &> /dev/null ||:
 
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Oct 04 2011 Rex Dieter <rdieter@fedoraproject.org> 2:4.5.90-3
+- Obsoletes: phonon-backend-xine < 4.5.0
+
 * Fri Sep 23 2011 Rex Dieter <rdieter@fedoraproject.org> 2:4.5.90-2
 - 4.5.90
 - pkgconfig-style deps