diff --git a/python-pip.changes b/python-pip.changes
index 9ebe708..d1839da 100644
--- a/python-pip.changes
+++ b/python-pip.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Apr 30 13:34:45 UTC 2012 - toddrme2178@gmail.com
+
+- Fix building python 3 package on openSUSE 11.4 x86_64
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Apr 27 11:25:53 UTC 2012 - toddrme2178@gmail.com
 
diff --git a/python3-pip.changes b/python3-pip.changes
index e64ec18..84de21e 100644
--- a/python3-pip.changes
+++ b/python3-pip.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Apr 30 13:34:45 UTC 2012 - toddrme2178@gmail.com
+
+- Fix building python 3 package on openSUSE 11.4 x86_64
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Apr 27 11:25:53 UTC 2012 - toddrme2178@gmail.com
 
diff --git a/python3-pip.spec b/python3-pip.spec
index c70dd31..2d350ca 100644
--- a/python3-pip.spec
+++ b/python3-pip.spec
@@ -29,13 +29,17 @@ BuildRequires:  python3-2to3
 BuildRequires:  python3-devel
 BuildRequires:  python3-distribute
 BuildRequires:  python3-nose
-Requires:       python3-distribute
 %if 0%{?suse_version} <= 1140
 %{!?python3_sitelib: %global python3_sitelib %(python3 -c "from distutils.sysconfig import get_python_lib; print(get_python_lib())")}
+%{!?py3_ver: %global py3_ver %(python3 -c "import sys; version=str(sys.version_info[0]) + '.' + str(sys.version_info[1]); print(version)" 2>/dev/null || echo PYTHON-NOT-FOUND)}
+%ifarch x86_64
+# to allow ownership of noarch python directories
+BuildRequires:  python3-32bit
+%endif
 %endif
-%if 0%{?suse_version} > 1110
 BuildArch:      noarch
-%endif
+Requires:       python3 >= %{py3_ver}
+Requires:       python3-distribute
 
 %description
 Pip is a replacement for easy_install. It uses mostly the same techniques for