diff --git a/qgis.spec b/qgis.spec
index 36c293e..d4ac9bc 100644
--- a/qgis.spec
+++ b/qgis.spec
@@ -11,13 +11,14 @@ Summary:        Quantum GIS (QGIS) is a Geographic Information System (GIS)
 Packager:       Otto Dassau <otto.dassau@gmx.de>
 Requires:       libgeos >= 2
 Requires:       libgdal >= 1.5.0
-Requires:	sqlite >= 3.5
+#Internal sqlite is used to support older suse versions
+#Requires:	sqlite >= 3.5
 Requires:       libqt4 >= 4.2
 Requires:       gsl >= 1.6
 Requires:       postgresql >= 8 postgresql-libs >= 8
 %if 0%{?application_geo_qt} > 43
-Requires:	python-qt4 python-xml sqlite >= 3.5
-BuildRequires:  python-devel python-qt4 python-sip sqlite-devel >= 3.5
+Requires:	python-qt4 python-xml 
+BuildRequires:  python-devel python-qt4 python-sip 
 %endif
 %if 0%{?suse_version} >=1030
 Requires:	python-qt4 python-xml 
@@ -25,7 +26,8 @@ BuildRequires:  python-devel python-qt4 python-sip
 %endif 
 BuildRequires:  libgdal-devel >= 1.5.0
 BuildRequires:  libgeos-devel >= 2
-BuildRequires:	sqlite-devel >= 3.5
+#Internal sqlite is used to support older suse versions
+#BuildRequires:	sqlite-devel >= 3.5
 BuildRequires:  libproj-devel
 BuildRequires:  postgresql-devel >= 8
 BuildRequires:  grass >= 6.2.3 grass-devel
@@ -83,7 +85,9 @@ cmake -Wno-dev \
       -D QGIS_LIB_SUBDIR=%{lib} \
       -D QGIS_PLUGIN_SUBDIR=%{lib}/qgis \
       -D QGIS_MANUAL_SUBDIR=share/man \
+      -D WITH_INTERNAL_SQLITE3=TRUE \
       .
+
 #echo "for 'make' run first:"
 export QTDIR=%{_prefix}
 #echo "export PATH=$PATH:$QTDIR/bin"
@@ -138,6 +142,7 @@ rm -rf %{buildroot}
 %changelog -n qgis
 * Fri Aug 29 2008 Otto Dassau <otto.dassau@gmx.de> 0.11.0
 - update to build also on SLE_10 and 10.2
+- use internal sqlite3 to support older suse versions
 - added python-xml
 * Mon Jul 14 2008 Otto Dassau <otto.dassau@gmx.de> 0.11.0
 - update for new version, shorter description part