diff --git a/buzztrax.changes b/buzztrax.changes
index 67a011b..9e8d404 100644
--- a/buzztrax.changes
+++ b/buzztrax.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Apr  4 20:58:43 UTC 2019 - olaf@aepfle.de
+
+- Use gcc8 in SLE_12
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Jan 18 10:57:59 UTC 2019 - davejplater@gmail.com
 
diff --git a/buzztrax.spec b/buzztrax.spec
index 4bb345c..2ab3e32 100644
--- a/buzztrax.spec
+++ b/buzztrax.spec
@@ -48,7 +48,11 @@ Patch4:         buzztrax-newfix.patch
 BuildRequires:  automake >= 1.13
 BuildRequires:  desktop-file-utils
 BuildRequires:  fdupes
+%if 0%{?suse_version} > 1320
 BuildRequires:  gcc-c++
+%else
+BuildRequires:  gcc8-c++
+%endif
 BuildRequires:  gtk-doc
 BuildRequires:  hicolor-icon-theme
 BuildRequires:  intltool
@@ -211,12 +215,8 @@ cp -v %{SOURCE2} .
 cp -v %{SOURCE1} .
 
 %build
-%if 1 == 0
-%define gcc_version 8
-export CC=gcc-8
-export CPP=cpp-8
-export CXX=g++-8
-%endif
+test -x "$(type -p gcc-8)" && export CC="$_"
+test -x "$(type -p g++-8)" && export CXX="$_"
 export CFLAGS="%{optflags} -Wno-error=deprecated-declarations"
 export CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -Wno-error=format-truncation= -Wno-error=format-overflow= -Wno-error=incompatible-pointer-types -Wno-error=restrict"
 export CXXFLAGS="$CFLAGS"