diff --git a/lxterminal.changes b/lxterminal.changes
index 26d34fa..04b1910 100644
--- a/lxterminal.changes
+++ b/lxterminal.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue May 31 10:01:36 UTC 2011 - andrea@opensuse.org
+
+- build with gtk2 based vte package on suse > 11.4 
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Mar 14 18:51:11 UTC 2011 - gber@opensuse.org
 
diff --git a/lxterminal.spec b/lxterminal.spec
index 163cbbe..1c51e28 100644
--- a/lxterminal.spec
+++ b/lxterminal.spec
@@ -34,7 +34,13 @@ Patch0:         %name-0.1.8-disable-f10.patch
 Patch1:         %name-0.1.9-fix-char_widthheight.patch
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 BuildRequires:  fdupes gtk2-devel intltool pkg-config update-desktop-files
-BuildRequires:  docbook-utils docbook-xsl-stylesheets libxslt-devel vte-devel
+BuildRequires:  docbook-utils docbook-xsl-stylesheets libxslt-devel
+# lxterminal is not yet compatible with gtk3
+%if %suse_version <= 1140
+BuildRequires:	vte-devel
+%else
+BuildRequires:	vte2-devel
+%endif
 Recommends:     %name-lang
 
 %description