diff --git a/docker.changes b/docker.changes
index daa5157..ad6ee1c 100644
--- a/docker.changes
+++ b/docker.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Dec 11 23:55:40 UTC 2019 - Aleksa Sarai <asarai@suse.com>
+
+- Support older SLE systems which don't have "usermod -w -v".
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Nov 18 04:46:31 UTC 2019 - Aleksa Sarai <asarai@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/docker.spec b/docker.spec
index 246f6bb..11c8c8f 100644
--- a/docker.spec
+++ b/docker.spec
@@ -419,12 +419,21 @@ getent group docker >/dev/null || groupadd -r docker
 # used for --userns-remap=default.
 getent passwd dockremap >/dev/null || \
 	useradd -Ur -p '!' -s /bin/false -c 'docker --userns-remap=default' dockremap
+
+# /etc/sub[ug]id should exist already (it's part of shadow-utils), but older
+# distros don't have it. Docker just parses it and doesn't need any special
+# shadow-utils helpers.
+touch /etc/subuid /etc/subgid ||:
+
 # "useradd -r" doesn't add sub[ug]ids so we manually add some. Hopefully there
 # aren't any conflicts here, because usermod doesn't provide the same "get
 # unusued range" feature that dockremap does.
-touch /etc/sub{uid,gid}
-grep -q '^dockremap:' /etc/sub{uid,gid} || \
-	usermod -v 100000000-200000000 -w 100000000-200000000 dockremap
+grep -q '^dockremap:' /etc/subuid || \
+	usermod -v 100000000-200000000 dockremap &>/dev/null || \
+	echo "dockremap:100000000:100000001" >>/etc/subuid ||:
+grep -q '^dockremap:' /etc/subgid || \
+	usermod -w 100000000-200000000 dockremap &>/dev/null || \
+	echo "dockremap:100000000:100000001" >>/etc/subgid ||:
 
 %service_add_pre %{realname}.service