diff --git a/ocaml-rpm-macros.changes b/ocaml-rpm-macros.changes
index bcc9ff7..e50ca5e 100644
--- a/ocaml-rpm-macros.changes
+++ b/ocaml-rpm-macros.changes
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ Fri Nov  1 12:34:56 UTC 2019 - ohering@suse.de
 - Pass --for-release-of-packages to dune via dune_release_pkgs=
 - Print potential BuildRequires during build
 - Package sml for camlp5
+- SLE_12 has still no license macro, package as doc instead
 
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 Wed Oct  9 05:48:16 UTC 2019 - ohering@suse.de
diff --git a/ocaml-rpm-macros.spec b/ocaml-rpm-macros.spec
index 65f71f4..7e2e2c2 100644
--- a/ocaml-rpm-macros.spec
+++ b/ocaml-rpm-macros.spec
@@ -115,7 +115,12 @@ tee %{buildroot}%{_rpmmacrodir}/macros.%{name} <<'_EOF_'
 	LICENSE.txt \\\
 	;\
 	do\
-	  test -f "${license}" && echo "%%%%license ${license}" >> '%%{name}.files.license' ;\
+%if 0%{?suse_version} > 1315
+	license_macro='license' ;\
+%else
+	license_macro='doc' ;\
+%endif
+	  test -f "${license}" && echo "%%%%${license_macro} ${license}" >> '%%{name}.files.license' ;\
 	done ;\
 	find %%{buildroot}$(ocamlc -where) | sed -ne '\
 	s@^%%{buildroot}@@\