diff --git a/memcached.changes b/memcached.changes
index 2c69b5f..87808f0 100644
--- a/memcached.changes
+++ b/memcached.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Sep 16 18:25:33 CEST 2008 - mrueckert@suse.de
+
+- require libevent-devel on 11.1 or newer
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sat Sep  6 18:25:44 CEST 2008 - mrueckert@suse.de
 
diff --git a/memcached.spec b/memcached.spec
index 596a79f..7a3ac15 100644
--- a/memcached.spec
+++ b/memcached.spec
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 
 Name:           memcached
 Version:        1.2.6
-Release:        1
+Release:        4
 %define pkg_name memcached
 %define pkg_version %{version}
 #
@@ -28,7 +28,11 @@ License:        BSD 3-Clause
 Group:          Productivity/Networking/Other
 #
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
+%if 0%{?suse_version} > 1100
+BuildRequires:  libevent-devel
+%else
 BuildRequires:  libevent
+%endif
 PreReq:         %insserv_prereq %fillup_prereq /usr/sbin/groupadd /usr/sbin/useradd
 Conflicts:      memcached-unstable
 %define home_dir /var/lib/%{pkg_name}
@@ -110,6 +114,8 @@ export CFLAGS="%{optflags} -g"
 %dir %attr(755,root,root) %{home_dir}
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Sep 16 2008 mrueckert@suse.de
+- require libevent-devel on 11.1 or newer
 * Sat Sep 06 2008 mrueckert@suse.de
 - Update to version 1.2.6:
   Major crash fixes, DTrace support, minor updates. If you have