diff --git a/python-cffi.changes b/python-cffi.changes
index 50e6424..f67d945 100644
--- a/python-cffi.changes
+++ b/python-cffi.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Mar 31 14:18:44 UTC 2014 - speilicke@suse.com
+
+- Require libffi43-devel on SLE_11_SP2 instead of using pkg-config to fix build
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Feb 24 12:09:15 UTC 2014 - mvyskocil@suse.com
 
diff --git a/python-cffi.spec b/python-cffi.spec
index 4dc2e28..f9adf79 100644
--- a/python-cffi.spec
+++ b/python-cffi.spec
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ Source0:        http://pypi.python.org/packages/source/c/cffi/cffi-%{version}.ta
 Patch0:         cffi-pytest-integration.patch
 BuildRequires:  python-devel
 BuildRequires:  python-setuptools
-BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libffi)
 # Documentation requirements:
 BuildRequires:  python-Sphinx
 BuildRequires:  python-pycparser
@@ -37,6 +36,9 @@ Requires:       python-pycparser
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 %if 0%{?suse_version} && 0%{?suse_version} <= 1110
 %{!?python_sitearch: %global python_sitearch %(python -c "from distutils.sysconfig import get_python_lib; print get_python_lib(1)")}
+BuildRequires:  libffi43-devel
+%else
+BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libffi)
 %endif
 
 %description