diff --git a/kmod.spec b/kmod.spec
index 93ce801..2194245 100644
--- a/kmod.spec
+++ b/kmod.spec
@@ -38,8 +38,13 @@ BuildRequires:  libxslt
 %endif
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig >= 0.21
 BuildRequires:  xz
+%if 0%{?sles_version}
+BuildRequires:  xz-devel >= 4.99
+BuildRequires:  zlib-devel
+%else
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(liblzma) >= 4.99
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(zlib)
+%endif
 Requires:       suse-module-tools
 
 %description
@@ -95,6 +100,9 @@ in %lname.
 # The extra --includedir gives us the possibility to detect dependent
 # packages which fail to properly use pkgconfig.
 %configure \
+%if 0%{?sles_version}
+	zlib_CFLAGS=" " zlib_LIBS="-lz" \
+%endif
 	--with-xz \
 	--with-zlib \
 	--includedir="%_includedir/%name-%version" \