diff --git a/freeipmi.changes b/freeipmi.changes
index 9f1fe16..6065e19 100644
--- a/freeipmi.changes
+++ b/freeipmi.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Oct 21 12:29:56 UTC 2015 - kkaempf@suse.com
+
+- Fix SLE10 and RHEL5 builds
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Oct 21 07:40:59 UTC 2015 - kkaempf@suse.com
 
diff --git a/freeipmi.spec b/freeipmi.spec
index 803a6bc..9fd003a 100644
--- a/freeipmi.spec
+++ b/freeipmi.spec
@@ -127,11 +127,18 @@ libtoolize --force --automake --copy
 autoconf
 automake --gnu --include-deps --copy --add-missing
 %endif
-%if (0%{?fedora_version} > 0 && 0%{?fedora_version} < 21) || 0%{?centos_version} || 0%{?rhel_version}
+
+# simple .spec expressions for SLE10
+
+%if 0%{?fedora_version} || 0%{?centos_version} || 0%{?rhel_version}
+%if 0%{?fedora_version} < 21
 %define docpath %{_docdir}/%{name}-%{version}
 %else
 %define docpath %{_docdir}/%{name}
 %endif
+%else
+%define docpath %{_docdir}/%{name}
+%endif
 %configure --program-prefix=%{?_program_prefix:%{_program_prefix}} \
            --docdir=%{docpath} \
            %{?_enable_debug} --disable-static
@@ -142,7 +149,6 @@ mkdir -p %{buildroot}
 
 %if 0%{?fedora_version} || 0%{?centos_version} || 0%{?rhel_version} || 0%{?fedora} || 0%{?rhel}
 # /etc/rc.d/init.d
-mkdir -p %{buildroot}/%{_initddir}
 # 'make install' installs to /etc/init.d
 # /etc/init.d -> /etc/rc.d/init.d
 (cd %{buildroot}/%{_sysconfdir}; ln -s rc.d/init.d init.d)