diff --git a/chrony.changes b/chrony.changes
index 4d639b2..95f19fb 100644
--- a/chrony.changes
+++ b/chrony.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Oct 24 18:23:56 UTC 2017 - mpost@suse.com
+
+- Modified the spec file to comment out the pool statement
+  in chrony.conf if _not_ building for openSUSE. (bsc#1063704).
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Sep 28 16:17:08 UTC 2017 - mrueckert@suse.de
 
diff --git a/chrony.spec b/chrony.spec
index 57b3992..324e895 100644
--- a/chrony.spec
+++ b/chrony.spec
@@ -25,6 +25,10 @@
 %bcond_with     systemd
 %bcond_with     syscallfilter
 %endif
+# If is_opensuse is not defined, then this is an older version of SLES
+# or some other distribution. So, if not defined then define it as 0
+%if 0%{!?is_opensuse:%global is_opensuse 0}
+%endif
 Name:           chrony
 Version:        3.2
 Release:        0
@@ -107,9 +111,16 @@ or a different computer.
 %patch2 -p1
 %patch5 -p1
 
-# use our vendor zone (2.*pool.ntp.org names include IPv6 addresses)
+# If this is an openSUSE build, use our vendor zone
+# (2.*pool.ntp.org names include IPv6 addresses). If not
+# an openSUSE build, comment out the pool statement
+%if %{is_opensuse}
 sed -e 's|^\(pool \)\(pool.ntp.org\)|\12.%{vendorzone}\2|' \
         < examples/chrony.conf.example2 > chrony.conf
+%else
+sed -e 's|^\pool|! pool|' \
+        < examples/chrony.conf.example2 > chrony.conf
+%endif
 
 touch -r examples/chrony.conf.example2 chrony.conf