diff --git a/python-happybase.changes b/python-happybase.changes
index f982cdf..c00147a 100644
--- a/python-happybase.changes
+++ b/python-happybase.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Apr  5 07:39:14 UTC 2013 - speilicke@suse.com
+
+- Define python_sitelib to fix SLE_11_SP1 build
+
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 Wed Mar 13 09:52:35 UTC 2013 - speilicke@suse.com
 
diff --git a/python-happybase.spec b/python-happybase.spec
index 1e77cb4..6b19f2d 100644
--- a/python-happybase.spec
+++ b/python-happybase.spec
@@ -13,15 +13,16 @@
 # published by the Open Source Initiative.
 
 # Please submit bugfixes or comments via http://bugs.opensuse.org/
+#
 
 
 Name:           python-happybase
 Version:        0.4
 Release:        0
-License:        MIT
 Summary:        A developer-friendly Python library to interact with Apache HBase
-Url:            https://github.com/wbolster/happybase
+License:        MIT
 Group:          Development/Languages/Python
+Url:            https://github.com/wbolster/happybase
 Source:         http://pypi.python.org/packages/source/h/happybase/happybase-%{version}.tar.gz
 BuildRequires:  python-devel
 BuildRequires:  python-distribute
@@ -29,6 +30,7 @@ BuildRequires:  python-thrift
 Requires:       python-thrift
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 %if 0%{?suse_version} && 0%{?suse_version} <= 1110
+%{!?python_sitelib: %global python_sitelib %(python -c "from distutils.sysconfig import get_python_lib; print get_python_lib()")}
 %else
 BuildArch:      noarch
 %endif