diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 4be2d4c..ee7d601 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ Changes in version 1.16.3 - Christmas Release
   * lib/libspec.lib - Silvan Calarco:
     Reworked sed expressions to get SPEC_SOURCE0_PCKNAME from SPEC_SOURCE0
 
+  * lib/libspec.lib - Silvan Calarco:
+    Also support "=" relation when assigning SPEC_OBSOLETES.
+
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 Changes in version 1.16.2 - Christmas Release
diff --git a/lib/libspec.lib.in b/lib/libspec.lib.in
index 7de745d..69de8e2 100644
--- a/lib/libspec.lib.in
+++ b/lib/libspec.lib.in
@@ -1175,7 +1175,7 @@ $FUNCNAME: * entry found at line $linenum: \"${tok[*]}\""
                   [ $skiptok -gt 0 ] &&
                    { skiptok="$(($skiptok-1))"; continue; }
                   case "$currtok" in
-                     "<"|">"|"<="|">=")
+                     "<"|">"|"<="|">="|"=")
                         skiptok="1"; continue ;;
                      ",") skiptok="0"; continue ;;
                   esac