diff --git a/john.changes b/john.changes
index 3f05859..c1ccfe1 100644
--- a/john.changes
+++ b/john.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Jun 25 14:12:06 UTC 2015 - astieger@suse.com
+
+- fix SLE 11 SP3 build
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Dec 15 23:41:30 UTC 2014 - lars@linux-schulserver.de
 
diff --git a/john.spec b/john.spec
index 6a5c2ef..3268491 100644
--- a/john.spec
+++ b/john.spec
@@ -35,6 +35,9 @@ Source8:        %{jumboversion}.tar.bz2
 Source9:        %{jumboversion}.tar.bz2.sign
 Patch0:         ppc64le.patch
 BuildRequires:  openssl-devel
+%if 0%{?suse_version} == 1110 
+BuildRequires:  xz
+%endif
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 %define         johndir /var/lib/john
 %define cflags CFLAGS="-c %{optflags} -DJOHN_SYSTEMWIDE=1 -finline-limit=2000 --param inline-unit-growth=2000" LDFLAGS="-lcrypto"