diff --git a/osc.changes b/osc.changes
index 149df1c..ea71212 100644
--- a/osc.changes
+++ b/osc.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Aug 11 11:38:19 UTC 2022 - Daniel Mach <daniel.mach@suse.com>
+
+- fix building on distros that are not openSUSE or SLE
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Aug  4 08:31:49 UTC 2022 - Dirk Müller <dmueller@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/osc.spec b/osc.spec
index a104ba6..c74b832 100644
--- a/osc.spec
+++ b/osc.spec
@@ -21,16 +21,20 @@
 %else
 %bcond_with    python3
 %endif
+
 %if %{with python3}
-%if 0%{?suse_version} >= 1500
+
 %define use_python python3
 %define use_pythonpkg python3
-%else
+%if 0%{?suse_version} && 0%{?suse_version} < 1500
 %define use_python python3.6
 %define use_pythonpkg python36
 %endif
+
+# else if with python3
 %else
 %define use_python python
+%define use_pythonpkg python
 %endif
 
 %define version_unconverted 0.181.0