diff --git a/abseil-cpp.changes b/abseil-cpp.changes
index 5120314..a2efb32 100644
--- a/abseil-cpp.changes
+++ b/abseil-cpp.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Mar  4 09:42:26 UTC 2022 - Danilo Spinella <danilo.spinella@suse.com>
+
+- Fix build on SLE-12-SP5
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Jan  4 18:55:41 UTC 2022 - Dirk Müller <dmueller@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/abseil-cpp.spec b/abseil-cpp.spec
index d1cade0..6e01026 100644
--- a/abseil-cpp.spec
+++ b/abseil-cpp.spec
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@ BuildRequires:  c++_compiler
 BuildRequires:  cmake
 BuildRequires:  fdupes
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig
+%if 0%{suse_version} < 1500
+BuildRequires:  gcc11-c++
+%endif
 
 %description
 Abseil is a collection of C++11 libraries which augment the C++
@@ -51,6 +54,9 @@ cat >"%{_builddir}/abslx.sym" <<-EOF
 	ABSL_%{version} { global: *; };
 EOF
 %define build_ldflags -Wl,--version-script=%{_builddir}/abslx.sym
+%if 0%{suse_version} < 1500
+export CXX=g++-11
+%endif
 %cmake
 %cmake_build