diff --git a/apache2-mod_security2.changes b/apache2-mod_security2.changes
index 28a7d54..53bde9d 100644
--- a/apache2-mod_security2.changes
+++ b/apache2-mod_security2.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Aug 25 19:33:11 UTC 2014 - thomas.worm@sicsec.de
+
+- Fixed spec file to work with older distribution versions.
+  Before openSuSE 13.1 aclocal doesn't work, instead autoreconf
+  has to be called.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Jul  7 14:06:19 CEST 2014 - draht@suse.de
 
diff --git a/apache2-mod_security2.spec b/apache2-mod_security2.spec
index ff9286b..dd2fcd9 100644
--- a/apache2-mod_security2.spec
+++ b/apache2-mod_security2.spec
@@ -84,9 +84,14 @@ bzip2 -dc %{SOURCE4} > %{_sourcedir}/%{faq} && touch -r %{SOURCE4} %{_sourcedir}
 #%patch2
 
 %build
+# aclocal only works with never distributions,
+%if 0%{?suse_version} >= 1310
 aclocal
+# on older versions only autoconf is called.
+%else
+autoreconf -fi
+%endif
 automake
-#autoreconf -fi
 ./configure --with-apxs=%{apxs} --enable-request-early --enable-htaccess-config
 CFLAGS="%{optflags}" make %{?_smp_mflags}