diff --git a/python-botocore.changes b/python-botocore.changes
index 4e4a737..a075637 100644
--- a/python-botocore.changes
+++ b/python-botocore.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Nov  7 12:56:44 UTC 2018 - Robert Schweikert <rjschwei@suse.com>
+
+- Fix build for openSUSE Leap 42.3
+  + urllib3 needs the ssl module, which in Leap 42.3 is delivered by python
+    and not python-base. Set explicit build dependency on python
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Nov  6 14:15:47 UTC 2018 - John Paul Adrian Glaubitz <adrian.glaubitz@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/python-botocore.spec b/python-botocore.spec
index f59bdfc..3831a9d 100644
--- a/python-botocore.spec
+++ b/python-botocore.spec
@@ -36,6 +36,10 @@ BuildRequires:  %{python_module urllib3 < 1.25}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module urllib3 >= 1.20}
 BuildRequires:  fdupes
 BuildRequires:  python-rpm-macros
+%if 0%{?suse_version} <= 1315
+# We need the ssl module, which is delivers by python and not python-base
+BuildRequires:  python
+%endif
 Requires:       python-docutils >= 0.10
 Requires:       python-jmespath < 1.0.0
 Requires:       python-jmespath >= 0.7.1