diff --git a/python-cryptography.changes b/python-cryptography.changes
index c4b7bc7..6e105b7 100644
--- a/python-cryptography.changes
+++ b/python-cryptography.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Dec  9 10:19:45 UTC 2015 - dmueller@suse.com
+
+- fix build for sle11 (disable testsuite as it depends on python-hypothesis
+  which is not available for sle11 anymore)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Nov 10 04:16:13 UTC 2015 - tbechtold@suse.com
 
diff --git a/python-cryptography.spec b/python-cryptography.spec
index ac4b366..99fb9d0 100644
--- a/python-cryptography.spec
+++ b/python-cryptography.spec
@@ -34,13 +34,17 @@ BuildRequires:  libopenssl-devel
 BuildRequires:  python-cffi >= 1.1.0
 BuildRequires:  python-devel
 BuildRequires:  python-enum34
-BuildRequires:  python-hypothesis
 BuildRequires:  python-idna >= 2.0
 BuildRequires:  python-ipaddress
 BuildRequires:  python-pyasn1-modules
 BuildRequires:  python-setuptools
 BuildRequires:  python-six >= 1.4.1
+%if 0%{?suse_version} && 0%{?suse_version} <= 1110
+BuildRequires:  libffi43-devel
+%else
+BuildRequires:  python-hypothesis
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libffi)
+%endif
 # Test requirements
 BuildRequires:  python-iso8601
 BuildRequires:  python-pretend
@@ -81,6 +85,7 @@ CFLAGS="%{optflags} -fno-strict-aliasing" python setup.py build
 python setup.py install --prefix=%{_prefix} --root=%{buildroot}
 
 %check
+%if 0%{?suse_version} >= 1210
 # this is going to be fun
 # create virtualenv
 virtualenv --system-site-packages TESTROOT
@@ -94,6 +99,7 @@ python setup.py install
 python /usr/bin/py.test tests
 # finish
 deactivate
+%endif
 
 %files
 %defattr(-,root,root,-)