diff --git a/makedumpfile.changes b/makedumpfile.changes
index cda72f6..f5ad777 100644
--- a/makedumpfile.changes
+++ b/makedumpfile.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Mar 21 09:50:53 UTC 2014 - ptesarik@suse.cz
+
+- enable snappy compression
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Feb 25 11:53:37 UTC 2014 - ptesarik@suse.cz
 
diff --git a/makedumpfile.spec b/makedumpfile.spec
index cfba52a..302d299 100644
--- a/makedumpfile.spec
+++ b/makedumpfile.spec
@@ -16,6 +16,14 @@
 #
 
 
+%if 0%{!?have_snappy:1}
+%if 0%{?suse_version} >= 1310
+%define have_snappy 1
+%else
+%define have_snappy 0
+%endif
+%endif
+
 Name:           makedumpfile
 BuildRequires:  libdw-devel
 BuildRequires:  libebl-devel
@@ -26,8 +34,11 @@ BuildRequires:  libbz2-devel
 %else
 BuildRequires:  bzip2
 %endif
-BuildRequires:  xz-devel
 BuildRequires:  lzo-devel
+%if %{have_snappy}
+BuildRequires:  snappy-devel
+%endif
+BuildRequires:  xz-devel
 Version:        1.5.5
 Release:        0
 Summary:        Partial kernel dump
@@ -78,6 +89,9 @@ if nm -u -f posix %{_libdir}/libdw.a | grep '^lzma_code U'; then
   fi
 fi
 export LIBS_STATIC LIBS_DYNAMIC
+%if %{have_snappy}
+export USESNAPPY=on
+%endif
 make COPTFLAGS="$RPM_OPT_FLAGS" USELZO=on
 
 %install