diff --git a/pidgin.changes b/pidgin.changes
index a5f2627..24d9acf 100644
--- a/pidgin.changes
+++ b/pidgin.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Oct 12 13:07:50 UTC 2012 - dimstar@opensuse.org
+
+- Fix build on openSUSE < 12.2: inverted %if needs some brackets
+  if it's a more complex statement.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Oct  9 10:05:59 UTC 2012 - dimstar@opensuse.org
 
diff --git a/pidgin.spec b/pidgin.spec
index 7577ffe..4ce2acf 100644
--- a/pidgin.spec
+++ b/pidgin.spec
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ Obsoletes:      gaim-applet
 # Was only in the Build Service after 10.2:
 Obsoletes:      gaim-unstable < 2.0.0
 Provides:       gaim
-%if ! %{with_evolution}
+%if ! (%{with_evolution})
 # If we can't build evolution, let's obsolete it for clean installations.
 Obsoletes:      %{name}-evolution <= %{version}
 %endif