diff --git a/python3-pyzmq.changes b/python3-pyzmq.changes
index dcc8c74..ed73918 100644
--- a/python3-pyzmq.changes
+++ b/python3-pyzmq.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Apr 27 09:10:08 UTC 2012 - highwaystar.ru@gmail.com
+
+- fixed building of python3 package on openSUSE 11.4 and older 
+
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 Tue Jan 31 16:20:35 UTC 2012 - saschpe@suse.de
 
diff --git a/python3-pyzmq.spec b/python3-pyzmq.spec
index 9fa4883..d168ca0 100644
--- a/python3-pyzmq.spec
+++ b/python3-pyzmq.spec
@@ -27,11 +27,12 @@ Source:         http://pypi.python.org/packages/source/p/pyzmq/pyzmq-%{version}.
 BuildRequires:  python3-devel
 BuildRequires:  zeromq-devel
 Requires:       python3-base
-Requires:       python(abi) = %{py3_ver}
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
-%if 0%{?suse_version} && 0%{?suse_version} <= 1110
-%{!?python_sitearch: %global python3_sitearch %(python -c "from distutils.sysconfig import get_python_lib; print(get_python_lib(1))")}
+%if 0%{?suse_version} && 0%{?suse_version} <= 1140
+%{!?python3_sitearch: %global python3_sitearch %(python -c "from distutils.sysconfig import get_python_lib; print(get_python_lib(1))")}
+%{!?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)}
 %endif
+Requires:       python(abi) = %{py3_ver}
 
 %description
 PyZMQ is a lightweight and super-fast messaging library built on top of