diff --git a/rabbitmq-server.changes b/rabbitmq-server.changes
index 9bbcfd3..09fccc8 100644
--- a/rabbitmq-server.changes
+++ b/rabbitmq-server.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Apr 13 07:31:46 UTC 2012 - jblunck@opensuse.org
+
+- Require python >= 2.6 for json
+- Add _initddir define for SLE11 build
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Feb 14 09:56:04 UTC 2012 - saschpe@suse.de
 
diff --git a/rabbitmq-server.spec b/rabbitmq-server.spec
index 5306054..e70f1b9 100644
--- a/rabbitmq-server.spec
+++ b/rabbitmq-server.spec
@@ -15,16 +15,21 @@
 # Please submit bugfixes or comments via http://bugs.opensuse.org/
 #
 
+
 %define _rabbit_erllibdir %{_libdir}/rabbitmq/lib/rabbitmq_server-%{version}
 %define _rabbit_libdir %{_libdir}/rabbitmq
 
+%if %{undefined _initddir}
+%define _initddir %{_sysconfdir}/init.d
+%endif
+
 Name:           rabbitmq-server
 Version:        2.7.1
 Release:        0
-License:        MPL-1.1
 Summary:        The RabbitMQ Server
-Url:            http://www.rabbitmq.com/
+License:        MPL-1.1
 Group:          System/Daemons
+Url:            http://www.rabbitmq.com/
 Source:         http://www.rabbitmq.com/releases/rabbitmq-server/v%{version}/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
 Source1:        rabbitmq-server.init
 Source2:        rabbitmq-script-wrapper
@@ -37,8 +42,8 @@ BuildRequires:  erlang
 BuildRequires:  erlang-src
 BuildRequires:  fdupes
 BuildRequires:  libxslt
-BuildRequires:  python
-BuildRequires:  python-simplejson
+# require python json module
+BuildRequires:  python >= 2.6
 BuildRequires:  unzip
 BuildRequires:  xmlto
 BuildRequires:  zip
@@ -60,7 +65,6 @@ performance enterprise messaging. The RabbitMQ server is a robust and
 scalable implementation of an AMQP broker.
 
 %package plugins
-License:        MPL-1.1
 Summary:        Plugins for the RabbitMQ server
 Group:          System/Daemons
 Requires:       rabbitmq-server = %{version}
@@ -73,7 +77,6 @@ scalable implementation of an AMQP broker.
 This package includes some plugins for the RabbitMQ server
 
 %package -n erlang-rabbitmq-client
-License:        MPL-1.1
 Summary:        RabbitMQ AMQP language bindings for Erlang
 Group:          Development/Libraries/Other
 Requires:       erlang