diff --git a/ghc.spec b/ghc.spec
index 9a418e4..f36b802 100644
--- a/ghc.spec
+++ b/ghc.spec
@@ -10,8 +10,6 @@
 #%%global ghc_bootstrapping 1
 #%%{?ghc_test}
 #%%global without_hscolour 1
-
-# faster:
 #%%global without_testsuite 1
 
 # unregisterized archs
@@ -28,7 +26,7 @@ Version: 7.0.4
 # - release can only be reset if all library versions get bumped simultaneously
 #   (eg for a major release)
 # - minor release numbers should be incremented monotonically
-Release: 35%{?dist}.1
+Release: 36%{?dist}
 Summary: Glasgow Haskell Compiler
 # fedora ghc has been bootstrapped on the following archs:
 #ExclusiveArch: %{ix86} x86_64 ppc alpha sparcv9 ppc64 armv7hl
@@ -43,8 +41,6 @@ Source3: ghc-doc-index.cron
 URL: http://haskell.org/ghc/
 # introduced for f14
 Obsoletes: ghc-doc < 6.12.3-4
-# BR for lib and binlib packages
-Provides: ghc-doc = %{version}-%{release}
 # introduced for f15
 Obsoletes: ghc-libs < 7.0.1-3
 Obsoletes: ghc-dph-base < 0.5, ghc-dph-base-devel < 0.5, ghc-dph-base-prof < 0.5
@@ -60,9 +56,6 @@ BuildRequires: gmp-devel, libffi-devel
 BuildRequires: ghc-directory-devel, ghc-process-devel, ghc-pretty-devel, ghc-containers-devel, ghc-haskell98-devel, ghc-bytestring-devel
 # for internal terminfo
 BuildRequires: ncurses-devel
-Requires: gcc
-Requires: ghc-base-devel
-# llvm is an optional dependency
 %if %{undefined without_manual}
 BuildRequires: libxslt, docbook-style-xsl
 %endif
@@ -75,6 +68,8 @@ BuildRequires: python
 %ifarch ppc64
 BuildRequires: autoconf
 %endif
+Requires: ghc-compiler = %{version}-%{release}
+Requires: ghc-devel = %{version}-%{release}
 Patch1: ghc-6.12.1-gen_contents_index-haddock-path.patch
 Patch2: ghc-gen_contents_index-type-level.patch
 Patch3: ghc-gen_contents_index-cron-batch.patch
@@ -115,7 +110,7 @@ for the functional language Haskell. Highlights:
 %global __find_requires %{_rpmconfigdir}/ghc-deps.sh --requires %{buildroot}%{ghclibdir}
 
 
-%global ghc_pkg_c_deps ghc = %{ghc_version_override}-%{release}
+%global ghc_pkg_c_deps ghc-compiler = %{ghc_version_override}-%{release}
 
 %define space %(echo -n ' ')
 %define BSDHaskellReport BSD%{space}and%{space}HaskellReport
@@ -147,10 +142,23 @@ for the functional language Haskell. Highlights:
 
 %global version %{ghc_version_override}
 
+%package compiler
+Summary: GHC compiler and utilities
+Group: Development/Languages
+Requires: gcc
+Requires: ghc-base-devel
+# llvm is an optional dependency
+
+%description compiler
+The package contains the GHC compiler, tools and utilities.
+
+The ghc libraries are provided by ghc-devel.
+To install all of ghc, install the ghc base package.
+
 %package devel
 Summary: GHC development libraries meta package
 Group: Development/Libraries
-Requires: ghc = %{version}-%{release}
+Requires: ghc-compiler = %{version}-%{release}
 Obsoletes: ghc-prof < %{version}-%{release}
 Provides: ghc-prof = %{version}-%{release}
 %{?ghc_packages_list:Requires: %(echo %{ghc_packages_list} | sed -e "s/\([^ ]*\)-\([^ ]*\)/ghc-\1-devel = \2-%{release},/g")}
@@ -330,6 +338,8 @@ if [ "$1" = 0 ]; then
 fi
 
 %files
+
+%files compiler
 %doc ANNOUNCE HACKING LICENSE README
 %{_bindir}/*
 %dir %{ghclibdir}
@@ -380,6 +390,12 @@ fi
 %files devel
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Nov  1 2011 Jens Petersen <petersen@redhat.com> - 7.0.4-36
+- move compiler and tools to ghc-compiler
+- the ghc base package is now a metapackage that installs all of ghc,
+  ie ghc-compiler and ghc-devel (#750317)
+- drop ghc-doc provides
+
 * Fri Oct 28 2011 Jens Petersen <petersen@redhat.com> - 7.0.4-35.1
 - rebuild against new gmp