diff --git a/build.changes b/build.changes
index b013ee4..9174bfe 100644
--- a/build.changes
+++ b/build.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri May 17 09:44:35 UTC 2013 - adrian@suse.de
+
+- fix build for non-SUSE rpm distros
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri May 17 09:24:49 UTC 2013 - adrian@suse.de
 
diff --git a/build.spec b/build.spec
index 3d1644a..aae70ce 100644
--- a/build.spec
+++ b/build.spec
@@ -109,14 +109,19 @@ chroot or a secure virtualized
 %setup -q -n obs-build-%version
 
 %build
+%if 0%{?suse_version}
+# initvm
 make CFLAGS="$RPM_BUILD_FLAGS" initvm-all
+%endif
 
 %install
 # initvm
+%if 0%{?suse_version}
 make DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT initvm-install
 strip $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr/lib/build/initvm.*
 export NO_BRP_STRIP_DEBUG="true"
 chmod 0644 $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr/lib/build/initvm.*
+%endif
 
 # main
 make DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT install
@@ -159,8 +164,10 @@ test -e default.conf
 /usr/lib/build/mkdrpms
 %endif
 
+%if 0%{?suse_version}
 %files initvm-%{initvm_arch}
 %defattr(-,root,root)
 /usr/lib/build/initvm.*
+%endif
 
 %changelog