diff --git a/mapserver.spec b/mapserver.spec
index 8fa9f3c..2b5d310 100644
--- a/mapserver.spec
+++ b/mapserver.spec
@@ -38,16 +38,16 @@ BuildRequires:  libpng-devel
 BuildRequires:  libtiff-devel
 BuildRequires:  perl(ExtUtils::MakeMaker)
 BuildRequires:  swig
-BuildRequires:  java-devel >= 1.5
+BuildRequires:  java-devel == 1.5
 BuildRequires:  update-alternatives
 BuildRequires:  apache2-devel
-BuildRequires:  java >= 1.5
+BuildRequires:  java == 1.5
 %if 0%{?sles_version} == 10
 %ifarch i586
 BuildRequires:  java-1_5_0-ibm-alsa
 %endif
 %endif
-BuildRequires:  libgcj-devel
+BuildRequires:  libgcj-devel == 1.5
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
 # not needed fpr 5.4.0
 #Patch:          mapserver-5.2.1_buildchecks.patch
@@ -277,6 +277,7 @@ rm -rf %{buildroot}
   http://trac.osgeo.org/mapserver/ticket/2943
   http://trac.osgeo.org/mapserver/ticket/2944
 - tweaked the specfile for the new relase a little
+- make java using version 1.5 also for OpenSuSE 11.0
 * Wed Dec 04 2008 Stephan Holl <stephan.holl@intevation.de> 5.2.1
 - updated to new upstream release of mapserver 5.2.1 (see http://trac.osgeo.org/mapserver/browser/tags/rel-5-2-1/mapserver/HISTORY.TXT for a detailed description of the changes
 * Wed Oct 22 2008 Stephan Holl <stephan.holl@intevation.de> 5.2.0