diff --git a/libguestfs.changes b/libguestfs.changes
index d2ee5bf..0efa292 100644
--- a/libguestfs.changes
+++ b/libguestfs.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Aug 29 16:16:50 CEST 2012 - ohering@suse.de
+
+- build with libconfig in openSUSE 12.2 and later
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Aug 29 14:41:16 CEST 2012 - ohering@suse.de
 
diff --git a/libguestfs.spec b/libguestfs.spec
index 8c871c0..1489de3 100644
--- a/libguestfs.spec
+++ b/libguestfs.spec
@@ -43,6 +43,9 @@ BuildRequires:  genisoimage
 BuildRequires:  gperf
 BuildRequires:  hivex-devel
 BuildRequires:  kvm >= 1.1
+%if %suse_version >= 1220
+BuildRequires:  libconfig-devel
+%endif
 BuildRequires:  libtool
 BuildRequires:  libvirt-devel
 BuildRequires:  ncurses-devel
@@ -110,7 +113,6 @@ BuildRequires:  rubygem-rake
 %define _configure_ruby --disable-ruby
 %endif
 #
-# libconfig-devel
 Url:            http://libguestfs.org/
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 Summary:        Tools for accessing and modifying virtual machine disk images