diff --git a/jemalloc.changes b/jemalloc.changes
index d614261..c8277d0 100644
--- a/jemalloc.changes
+++ b/jemalloc.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sun Feb 14 18:27:08 UTC 2016 - olaf@aepfle.de
+
+- Fix build/test in SLE_11 by using gcc48
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sat Oct 24 18:07:12 UTC 2015 - idonmez@suse.com
 
diff --git a/jemalloc.spec b/jemalloc.spec
index 065d398..b53721f 100644
--- a/jemalloc.spec
+++ b/jemalloc.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package jemalloc
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2015 SUSE LINUX GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
+# Copyright (c) 2016 SUSE LINUX GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@ Url:            http://canonware.com/jemalloc/
 Source:         http://www.canonware.com/download/jemalloc/jemalloc-%{version}.tar.bz2
 BuildRequires:  docbook-xsl-stylesheets
 BuildRequires:  libxslt
+%if 0%{?suse_version} == 1110
+BuildRequires:  gcc48
+%endif
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig
 Requires:       %lname = %{version}
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
@@ -68,6 +71,17 @@ malloc(3) implementation.
 
 %build
 export EXTRA_CFLAGS="%{optflags} -std=gnu99"
+%if 0%{?suse_version} == 1110
+if [ -f /usr/bin/gcc-4.6 ]; then
+	export CC=gcc-4.6
+fi
+if [ -f /usr/bin/gcc-4.7 ]; then
+	export CC=gcc-4.7
+fi
+if [ -f /usr/bin/gcc-4.8 ]; then
+	export CC=gcc-4.8
+fi
+%endif
 %configure --enable-cc-silence \
            --enable-prof
 make %{?_smp_mflags}