diff --git a/libsrtp-automake.patch b/libsrtp-automake.patch
index 2dd987d..ef90e2f 100644
--- a/libsrtp-automake.patch
+++ b/libsrtp-automake.patch
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ Index: libsrtp/configure.in
  
  dnl Checks for programs.
 -AC_PROG_RANLIB
-+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([-Wall foreign subdir-objects no-dist-gzip dist-xz tar-pax])
++AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([-Wall foreign subdir-objects tar-pax])
  AC_PROG_CC
 +AM_PROG_CC_C_O
  AC_PROG_INSTALL
diff --git a/libsrtp.changes b/libsrtp.changes
index e52fc05..090868f 100644
--- a/libsrtp.changes
+++ b/libsrtp.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Aug 28 06:03:05 UTC 2014 - jengelh@inai.de
+
+- Relax build restrictions for SLE11 (needs BuildRequires xz to
+  even start, and we can drop dist-xz from the suggestive patch
+  so that automake ~1.10)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Aug 26 21:16:21 UTC 2014 - jengelh@inai.de
 
diff --git a/libsrtp.spec b/libsrtp.spec
index 868dabc..f7df3dc 100644
--- a/libsrtp.spec
+++ b/libsrtp.spec
@@ -32,10 +32,11 @@ Source:         %{name}-git%{git_snapshot}.tar.xz
 Patch:          %{name}-automake.patch
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 BuildRequires:  autoconf
-BuildRequires:  automake >= 1.11
+BuildRequires:  automake
 BuildRequires:  dos2unix
 BuildRequires:  libtool
 BuildRequires:  pkg-config
+BuildRequires:  xz
 Provides:       srtp = %{version}-%{release}
 Obsoletes:      srtp < %{version}