diff --git a/SPECS/nss_wrapper.spec b/SPECS/nss_wrapper.spec
index e602bb6..410c77c 100644
--- a/SPECS/nss_wrapper.spec
+++ b/SPECS/nss_wrapper.spec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Name:           nss_wrapper
 Version:        1.1.11
-Release:        7%{?dist}
+Release:        8%{?dist}
 
 License:        BSD
 Summary:        A wrapper for the user, group and hosts NSS API
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ BuildRequires:  gnupg2
 BuildRequires:  libcmocka-devel
 BuildRequires:  perl-generators
 
+Requires:       %{name}-libs%{?_isa} = %version-%release
 Recommends:     cmake
 Recommends:     pkgconfig
 
@@ -42,6 +43,13 @@ NSS_WRAPPER_HOSTS=/path/to/host
 This package doesn't have a devel package cause this project is for
 development/testing.
 
+%package libs
+Summary: nss_library shared library only
+
+%description libs
+The %{name}-libs package provides only the shared library.
+For a minimal footprint, install just this package.
+
 %prep
 gpgv2 --quiet --keyring %{SOURCE2} %{SOURCE1} %{SOURCE0}
 %autosetup -p1
@@ -63,17 +71,23 @@ sed -i '1 s|/usr/bin/env\ perl|/usr/bin/perl|' %{buildroot}%{_bindir}/nss_wrappe
 %ctest
 
 %files
-%doc AUTHORS README.md CHANGELOG
-%license LICENSE
 %{_bindir}/nss_wrapper.pl
-%{_libdir}/libnss_wrapper.so*
 %dir %{_libdir}/cmake/nss_wrapper
 %{_libdir}/cmake/nss_wrapper/nss_wrapper-config-version.cmake
 %{_libdir}/cmake/nss_wrapper/nss_wrapper-config.cmake
 %{_libdir}/pkgconfig/nss_wrapper.pc
 %{_mandir}/man1/nss_wrapper.1*
 
+%files libs
+%doc AUTHORS README.md CHANGELOG
+%license LICENSE
+%{_libdir}/libnss_wrapper.so*
+
 %changelog
+* Fri Mar 18 2022 Andreas Schneider <asn@redhat.com> - 1.1.11-8
+- resolves: rhbz#2028819 - Introduce nss_wrapper-libs package to allow install
+                           smaller footprint
+
 * Mon Aug 09 2021 Mohan Boddu <mboddu@redhat.com> - 1.1.11-7
 - Rebuilt for IMA sigs, glibc 2.34, aarch64 flags
   Related: rhbz#1991688