diff --git a/boost.changes b/boost.changes
index ae3a5b7..663440d 100644
--- a/boost.changes
+++ b/boost.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Sep 12 12:17:23 UTC 2018 - aeszter@gwdg.de
+
+- Fix build on Leap < 15.0 
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Aug 10 12:48:51 UTC 2018 - adam.majer@suse.de
 
diff --git a/boost.spec b/boost.spec
index 60e94db..37114e9 100644
--- a/boost.spec
+++ b/boost.spec
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@
 %bcond_without build_quickbook
 %bcond_with    boost_devel
 %define my_docdir %{_docdir}/boost-%{version}
+%if 0%{?suse_version} < 1500
+  %define python2_sitearch %python_sitearch
+%endif
 
 %if "@BUILD_FLAVOR@" == "base"
 %define build_base 1
@@ -128,7 +131,11 @@ BuildRequires:  dos2unix
 %if %{with python2}
 BuildRequires:  python2-devel
 %if %{with python_numpy}
+%if 0%{?suse_version} >= 1500
 BuildRequires:  python2-numpy-devel
+%else
+BuildRequires:  python-numpy-devel
+%endif
 %endif # numpy2
 %endif # python2
 %if %{with python3}