diff --git a/perl-xCAT/perl-xCAT.spec b/perl-xCAT/perl-xCAT.spec
index dc5d5570f..8d0b0780a 100644
--- a/perl-xCAT/perl-xCAT.spec
+++ b/perl-xCAT/perl-xCAT.spec
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ BuildArch: noarch
 Requires: perl-SOAP-Lite
 %endif
 
-Provides: perl(xCAT) = %{version}
+Provides: perl-xCAT = %{epoch}:%{version}
 
 %description
 Provides perl xCAT libraries for core functionality.  Required for all xCAT installations.
diff --git a/xCAT-client/xCAT-client.spec b/xCAT-client/xCAT-client.spec
index 8873fbe6b..f84a08aec 100644
--- a/xCAT-client/xCAT-client.spec
+++ b/xCAT-client/xCAT-client.spec
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ BuildRoot: /var/tmp/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root
 BuildArch: noarch
 %endif
 
-Provides: xCAT-client = %{version}
+Provides: xCAT-client = %{epoch}:%{version}
 
 # fping or nmap is needed by pping (in case xCAT-client is installed by itself on a remote client)
 %ifos linux