diff --git a/protobuf.changes b/protobuf.changes
index 633582c..2243412 100644
--- a/protobuf.changes
+++ b/protobuf.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon May  4 11:43:58 UTC 2020 - Christian Goll <cgoll@suse.com>
+
+- disable python2 builds for Tumbleweed 
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Mar  6 10:05:22 UTC 2020 - Nico Kruber <nico.kruber@gmail.com>
 
diff --git a/protobuf.spec b/protobuf.spec
index 2f58b9f..54bc59b 100644
--- a/protobuf.spec
+++ b/protobuf.spec
@@ -24,7 +24,12 @@
 # requires gmock, which is not yet in the distribution
 %bcond_with check
 %bcond_without java
+%if 0%{?suse_version} > 1500 
+%bcond_with python2
+%define skip_python2 1
+%else
 %bcond_without python2
+%endif
 %bcond_without python3
 Name:           protobuf
 Version:        3.11.4