diff --git a/Shorewall-common/releasenotes.txt b/Shorewall-common/releasenotes.txt
index a9bcefef0..d49831bd7 100644
--- a/Shorewall-common/releasenotes.txt
+++ b/Shorewall-common/releasenotes.txt
@@ -8,12 +8,12 @@ Shorewall 4.0.0 Beta 7
 2) You are now offered a choice as to which compiler(s) you install. In
    4.0.0, there are the following packages:
 
-   - Shorewall ( common files )
+   - Shorewall-common ( common files )
    - Shorewall-shell ( the shell-based compiler )
    - Shorewall-perl (the Perl-based compiler )
 
-You must install Shorewall and at least one of the compiler packages
-(you may install them both).
+You must install Shorewall-common and at least one of the compiler
+packages (you may install them both).
 
 3) The facilities for supporting bridge/firewalls under earlier
    releases are deprecated and their documentation is omitted from the
@@ -53,24 +53,24 @@ Migration Considerations:
 
     If you attempt to upgrade using the RPM, you get this result:
 
-    gateway:~ # rpm -Uvh shorewall-4.0.0.noarch.rpm 
+    gateway:~ # rpm -Uvh shorewall-common-4.0.0.noarch.rpm 
     error: Failed dependencies:
-        shorewall_compiler is needed by shorewall-4.0.0-1.noarch
+        shorewall_compiler is needed by shorewall-common-4.0.0-1.noarch
     gateway:~ #
 
     You must either:
 
-	rpm -U shorewall-4.0.0.noarch.rpm \
+	rpm -U shorewall-common-4.0.0.noarch.rpm \
 	    shorewall-shell-4.0.0.noarch.rpm
 
     or
 
-	rpm -U shorewall-4.0.0.noarch.rpm \
+	rpm -U shorewall-common-4.0.0.noarch.rpm \
 	    shorewall-perl-4.0.0.noarch.rpm
 	
     or
 
-	rpm -U shorewall-4.0.0.noarch.rpm \
+	rpm -U shorewall-common-4.0.0.noarch.rpm \
 	    shorewall-perl-4.0.0.noarch.rpm \
 	    shorewall-shell-4.0.0.noarch.rpm
  
diff --git a/Shorewall-common/shorewall.spec b/Shorewall-common/shorewall-common.spec
similarity index 98%
rename from Shorewall-common/shorewall.spec
rename to Shorewall-common/shorewall-common.spec
index f129fc9f0..f7788997b 100644
--- a/Shorewall-common/shorewall.spec
+++ b/Shorewall-common/shorewall-common.spec
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-%define name shorewall
+%define name shorewall-common
 %define version 4.0.0
 %define release 0Beta7
 %define prefix /usr
@@ -23,8 +23,9 @@ The Shoreline Firewall, more commonly known as "Shorewall", is a Netfilter
 (iptables) based firewall that can be used on a dedicated firewall system,
 a multi-function gateway/ router/server or on a standalone GNU/Linux system.
 
-To be fully functional, this package requires installation of either
-shorewall-shell or shorewall-perl 
+This package contains those Shorewall components required by both of the 
+available compiler packages. To be fully functional, this package requires
+installation of either shorewall-shell or shorewall-perl 
 
 %prep
 
diff --git a/Shorewall-perl/shorewall-perl.spec b/Shorewall-perl/shorewall-perl.spec
index a7c1abe6d..f973866dc 100644
--- a/Shorewall-perl/shorewall-perl.spec
+++ b/Shorewall-perl/shorewall-perl.spec
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ Source: %{name}-%{version}.tgz
 URL: http://www.shorewall.net/
 BuildArch: noarch
 BuildRoot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-root
-Requires: perl
+Requires: perl shorewall >= 3.4.2
 Provides: shorewall_compiler
 
 %description
diff --git a/Shorewall-shell/shorewall-shell.spec b/Shorewall-shell/shorewall-shell.spec
index 33b9efb41..f4d9c6170 100644
--- a/Shorewall-shell/shorewall-shell.spec
+++ b/Shorewall-shell/shorewall-shell.spec
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ BuildArch: noarch
 BuildRoot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-root
 Requires: iptables iproute
 Provides: shorewall_compiler
+Provides: shorewall = %{version}-%{release}
+Obsoletes: shorewall < 4.0.0
 
 %description
 
diff --git a/docs/Shorewall-4.xml b/docs/Shorewall-4.xml
index 89301173c..56694c89c 100644
--- a/docs/Shorewall-4.xml
+++ b/docs/Shorewall-4.xml
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@
       </listitem>
 
       <listitem>
-        <para>Shorewall - the part of Shorewall common to both
+        <para>Shorewall-common - the part of Shorewall common to both
         compilers.</para>
       </listitem>
 
diff --git a/tools/build/buildshorewall b/tools/build/buildshorewall
index 269cd1e13..f963ee83e 100755
--- a/tools/build/buildshorewall
+++ b/tools/build/buildshorewall
@@ -276,9 +276,9 @@ case $VERSION in
 	#
 	SHOREWALLDIR=shorewall-${VERSION%-*}
 	SHOREWALLLITEDIR=shorewall-lite-${VERSION%-*}
-	TARBALL=shorewall-${VERSION%-*}.tgz
+	TARBALL=shorewall-common-${VERSION%-*}.tgz
 	LITETARBALL=shorewall-lite-${VERSION%-*}.tgz
-	RPMNAME=shorewall-${VERSION%-*}-0${VERSION#*-}.noarch.rpm
+	RPMNAME=shorewall-common-${VERSION%-*}-0${VERSION#*-}.noarch.rpm
 	LITERPMNAME=shorewall-lite-${VERSION%-*}-0${VERSION#*-}.noarch.rpm
 	PERLRPMNAME=shorewall-perl-${VERSION%-*}-0${VERSION#*-}.noarch.rpm
 	PERLTARBALL=shorewall-perl-${VERSION%-*}.tgz
@@ -293,9 +293,9 @@ case $VERSION in
 	#
 	SHOREWALLDIR=shorewall-$VERSION
 	SHOREWALLLITEDIR=shorewall-lite-$VERSION
-	TARBALL=shorewall-$VERSION.tgz
+	TARBALL=shorewall-common-$VERSION.tgz
 	LITETARBALL=shorewall-lite-$VERSION.tgz
-	RPMNAME=shorewall-${VERSION}-1.noarch.rpm
+	RPMNAME=shorewall-common-${VERSION}-1.noarch.rpm
 	LITERPMNAME=shorewall-lite-${VERSION}-1.noarch.rpm
 	PERLRPMNAME=shorewall-perl-${VERSION}-1.noarch.rpm
 	PERLDIR=shorewall-perl-$VERSION
@@ -416,10 +416,10 @@ if [ -n "${BUILDTARBALL}${BUILDRPM}" ]; then
 	progress_message "Creating $DIR/$TARBALL..."
 	
 	do_or_die "tar -zcvf $TARBALL $SHOREWALLDIR >> $LOGFILE 2>&1"
-        do_or_die "tar -jcvf shorewall-${VERSION%-*}.tar.bz2 $SHOREWALLDIR >> $LOGFILE 2>&1"
+        do_or_die "tar -jcvf shorewall-common-${VERSION%-*}.tar.bz2 $SHOREWALLDIR >> $LOGFILE 2>&1"
 	if [ -n "$SIGN" ]; then
 	    for shoresuffix in tgz tar.bz2; do
-		shoreball=shorewall-${VERSION%-*}.${shoresuffix}
+		shoreball=shorewall-common-${VERSION%-*}.${shoresuffix}
 		report "GPG signing $DIR/$shoreball"
 		rm -f ${shoreball}.asc
 		do_or_die "$GPG $shoreball"
@@ -470,9 +470,9 @@ if [ -n "${BUILDTARBALL}${BUILDRPM}" ]; then
 
 	test -n "$SIGN" && SIGN="--sign"
 	rm -rf $RPMDIR/BUILD/shorewall-${VERSION%-*}
-	do_or_die "cp shorewall-${VERSION%-*}.tgz $RPMDIR/SOURCES/"
-	do_or_die "cp $SHOREWALLDIR/shorewall.spec $RPMDIR/SPECS/"
-	do_or_die "rpmbuild -ba $SIGN $RPMDIR/SPECS/shorewall.spec >> $LOGFILE 2>&1"
+	do_or_die "cp shorewall-common-${VERSION%-*}.tgz $RPMDIR/SOURCES/"
+	do_or_die "cp $SHOREWALLDIR/shorewall-common.spec $RPMDIR/SPECS/"
+	do_or_die "rpmbuild -ba $SIGN $RPMDIR/SPECS/shorewall-common.spec >> $LOGFILE 2>&1"
 	do_or_die cp -a $RPMDIR/RPMS/noarch/$RPMNAME .
 
 	progress_message "Building $LITERPMNAME..."
@@ -678,12 +678,12 @@ fi
 
 	progress_message "Creating $DIR/shorewall-${VERSION}.tgz ..."
 
-        do_or_die "tar -zcvf shorewall-${VERSION}.tgz shorewall-$VERSION >> $LOGFILE 2>&1"
-        do_or_die "tar -jcvf shorewall-$VERSION.tar.bz2 shorewall-$VERSION >> $LOGFILE 2>&1"
+        do_or_die "tar -zcvf shorewall-common-${VERSION}.tgz shorewall-$VERSION >> $LOGFILE 2>&1"
+        do_or_die "tar -jcvf shorewall-common-$VERSION.tar.bz2 shorewall-$VERSION >> $LOGFILE 2>&1"
 
 	if [ -n "$SIGN" ]; then
 	    for shoresuffix in tgz tar.bz2; do
-		betaball=shorewall-$VERSION.${shoresuffix}
+		betaball=shorewall-common-$VERSION.${shoresuffix}
 		report "GPG signing $DIR/$betaball tarball"
 		rm -f ${betaball}.asc
 		do_or_die "$GPG $betaball"