diff --git a/python-tornado.changes b/python-tornado.changes
index 7fd3438..b996148 100644
--- a/python-tornado.changes
+++ b/python-tornado.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Aug 12 14:29:56 UTC 2015 - seife+obs@b1-systems.com
+
+- fix build with non-SUSE distributions
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Apr 22 13:21:19 UTC 2015 - mcihar@suse.cz
 
diff --git a/python-tornado.spec b/python-tornado.spec
index 70bad4f..d3e1a65 100644
--- a/python-tornado.spec
+++ b/python-tornado.spec
@@ -34,12 +34,14 @@ BuildRequires:  python-setuptools
 BuildRequires:  python-simplejson
 Requires:       python-backports.ssl_match_hostname
 Requires:       python-simplejson
+%if 0%{?suse_version}
 Recommends:     python-futures
 Recommends:     python-pycares
 Recommends:     python-pycurl
 Recommends:     python-Twisted
 Recommends:     python-certifi
 Recommends:     python-service_identity
+%endif
 BuildRequires:  fdupes
 %if 0%{?suse_version} <= 1110
 %{!?python_sitearch: %global python_sitearch %(python -c "from distutils.sysconfig import get_python_lib; print get_python_lib(True);")}