diff --git a/gnu-cobol.changes b/gnu-cobol.changes
index 9f51ebd..6f6df54 100644
--- a/gnu-cobol.changes
+++ b/gnu-cobol.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Jul 16 16:32:55 UTC 2014 - dvlaeev@suse.com
+
+- Fix SLE11 builds by defining buildroot 
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Apr 30 00:00:00 UTC 2014 - MihailJP
 
diff --git a/gnu-cobol.spec b/gnu-cobol.spec
index c070a0a..49283db 100644
--- a/gnu-cobol.spec
+++ b/gnu-cobol.spec
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ Url: http://www.opencobol.org/
 Provides: opencobol = %version
 Requires: libcob1 = %version
 BuildRequires: db-devel gmp-devel ncurses-devel
+BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 Patch1: types.diff
 
 %description
@@ -98,4 +99,4 @@ make DESTDIR=%{buildroot} install
 %{_libdir}/libcob.a
 %{_libdir}/libcob.la
 
-%changelog
\ No newline at end of file
+%changelog