diff --git a/audio-libs/openal-soft/HISTORY b/audio-libs/openal-soft/HISTORY
index 2681ebb..e996b35 100644
--- a/audio-libs/openal-soft/HISTORY
+++ b/audio-libs/openal-soft/HISTORY
@@ -2,4 +2,5 @@
* DEPENDS, DETAILS, BUILD, CONFLICTS: spell created
* CONFLICTS: corrected spell name. Not implementing that part of the
master plan.
+ * PROVIDES: new
diff --git a/audio-libs/openal-soft/PROVIDES b/audio-libs/openal-soft/PROVIDES
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..a49d4e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/audio-libs/openal-soft/PROVIDES
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+OPENAL
diff --git a/audio-libs/openal/HISTORY b/audio-libs/openal/HISTORY
index 4518cae..be54259 100644
--- a/audio-libs/openal/HISTORY
+++ b/audio-libs/openal/HISTORY
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
* DETAILS, PRE_BUILD, SUB_DEPENDS, PRE_SUB_DEPENDS, DEPENDS, BUILD:
scm version removed, not available upstream.
* PREPARE: removed.
+ * PROVIDES: new