diff -u openmotif-2.3.3/debian/control openmotif-2.3.3/debian/control
--- openmotif-2.3.3/debian/control
+++ openmotif-2.3.3/debian/control
@@ -16,9 +16,8 @@
 Section: non-free/libs
 Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}
 Pre-Depends: multiarch-support, x11-common (>= 1:7.0.0)
-Conflicts: libmotif3
-Replaces: libmotif3
-Provides: libmotif3
+Breaks: libmotif3 (<< 2.3.3-2)
+Replaces: libmotif3 (<< 2.3.3-2)
 Description: Open Motif - shared libraries
  This package includes all files you need to run Motif
  applications which are linked against Open Motif, which
@@ -59,0 +59,9 @@
+Package: libmotif3
+Architecture: any
+Section: non-free/oldlibs
+Priority: extra
+Multi-Arch: same
+Depends: libmotif4 (>= ${binary:Version}), ${misc:Depends}, ${shlibs:Depends}
+Description: Open Motif - shared libraries (transitional package)
+ This is a transitional package as the new package libmotif4 is
+ binary compatible with libmotif3. It can safely be removed.
diff -u openmotif-2.3.3/debian/changelog openmotif-2.3.3/debian/changelog
--- openmotif-2.3.3/debian/changelog
+++ openmotif-2.3.3/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+openmotif (2.3.3-7ubuntu1.13.04.1) raring-proposed; urgency=low
+
+  * Provide a libmotif3 transitional package (LP: #1187507)
+
+ -- Graham Inggs <graham@nerve.org.za>  Sun, 09 Jun 2013 12:09:04 +0200
+
 openmotif (2.3.3-7ubuntu1) raring; urgency=low
 
   * Merge from Debian unstable. Remaining changes: