diff --git a/ghc-srpm-macros.spec b/ghc-srpm-macros.spec
index 461cfe1..e733b53 100644
--- a/ghc-srpm-macros.spec
+++ b/ghc-srpm-macros.spec
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 %global macros_dir %{_rpmconfigdir}/macros.d
 
 Name:           ghc-srpm-macros
-Version:        1.4.2
-Release:        10%{?dist}
+Version:        1.5.0
+Release:        1%{?dist}
 Summary:        RPM macros for building Haskell source packages
 
 License:        GPLv2+
@@ -35,6 +35,9 @@ install -p -D -m 0644 %{SOURCE0} %{buildroot}/%{macros_dir}/macros.ghc-srpm
 
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Oct  1 2019 Jens Petersen <petersen@redhat.com> - 1.5.0-1
+- define ghc_devel_prof to handle prof/devel BRs across releases
+
 * Thu Jul 25 2019 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 1.4.2-10
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_31_Mass_Rebuild
 
diff --git a/macros.ghc-srpm b/macros.ghc-srpm
index bd50094..6701c64 100644
--- a/macros.ghc-srpm
+++ b/macros.ghc-srpm
@@ -7,3 +7,7 @@
 # ghc_arches is not used in current packages but still here for back compat
 # former archs: alpha ppc sparcv9 armv5tel
 %ghc_arches %{ix86} x86_64 armv7hl ppc64 ppc64le aarch64 s390 s390x
+
+# control whether to BR devel or prof library packages
+# (prof subpackages were introduced in F31)
+%ghc_devel_prof prof