diff --git a/jzlib.changes b/jzlib.changes
index f66d6e8..134c5dc 100644
--- a/jzlib.changes
+++ b/jzlib.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Apr 30 17:38:15 UTC 2014 - darin@darins.net
+
+- suppress bytecode check on SLE
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Feb 19 10:35:43 UTC 2014 - lchiquitto@suse.com
 
diff --git a/jzlib.spec b/jzlib.spec
index c5326e6..2aabbd0 100644
--- a/jzlib.spec
+++ b/jzlib.spec
@@ -74,6 +74,10 @@ rm misc/mindtermsrc-v121-compression.patch
 ant dist javadoc 
 
 %install
+%if 0%{?suse_version} == 1110
+export NO_BRP_CHECK_BYTECODE_VERSION=true
+%endif
+
 # jar
 install -Dpm 644 dist/lib/%{name}.jar \
   %{buildroot}%{_javadir}/%{name}.jar