diff --git a/cloud-init.changes b/cloud-init.changes
index 898af47..9b54cbd 100644
--- a/cloud-init.changes
+++ b/cloud-init.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Jun 24 19:49:34 UTC 2014 - rschweikert@suse.com
+
+- add the python magic for package build on SLE 11
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Jun 24 19:23:07 UTC 2014 - rschweikert@suse.com
 
diff --git a/cloud-init.spec b/cloud-init.spec
index 198751e..2192352 100644
--- a/cloud-init.spec
+++ b/cloud-init.spec
@@ -60,7 +60,9 @@ Requires:       sudo
 Requires:       util-linux
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 %define         docdir %{_defaultdocdir}/%{name}
-%if 0%{?suse_version} && 0%{?suse_version} >= 1110
+%if 0%{?suse_version} && 0%{?suse_version} <= 1110
+%{!?python_sitelib: %global python_sitelib %(python -c "from distutils.sysconfig import get_python_lib; print get_python_lib()")}
+%else
 BuildArch:      noarch
 %endif
 %if 0%{?suse_version} && 0%{?suse_version} <= 1210