diff --git a/exim.changes b/exim.changes
index 87e6a55..20bebf7 100644
--- a/exim.changes
+++ b/exim.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Dec  6 17:52:27 UTC 2013 - lars@smaba.org
+
+- Call service_add_pre from pre scriptlet on post-12.2 systems.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Dec  6 17:37:11 UTC 2013 - lmuelle@suse.com
 
diff --git a/exim.spec b/exim.spec
index d723d90..a522372 100644
--- a/exim.spec
+++ b/exim.spec
@@ -331,6 +331,11 @@ install -m 0755 $RPM_SOURCE_DIR/eximstats-html-update.py $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_sbin
 # apparmor profile
 install -D -m 0644 $RPM_SOURCE_DIR/apparmor.usr.sbin.exim $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/etc/apparmor/profiles/extras/usr.sbin.exim
 
+%pre
+%if 0%{?suse_version} > 1220
+%service_add_pre exim.service
+%endif
+
 %post
 %if 0%{?suse_version} < 1131
 %run_permissions