diff --git a/gem2rpm.yml b/gem2rpm.yml
index dc1512c..a81b003 100644
--- a/gem2rpm.yml
+++ b/gem2rpm.yml
@@ -73,3 +73,8 @@
 
 :sources:
   - rubygem-byebug-rpmlintrc
+
+:preamble: |-
+  %if 0%{?suse_version} == 1110
+  %define rb_build_versions ruby21
+  %endif
diff --git a/rubygem-byebug.changes b/rubygem-byebug.changes
index 8fe2cfa..da35c97 100644
--- a/rubygem-byebug.changes
+++ b/rubygem-byebug.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Jul 23 09:16:04 UTC 2015 - mmeister@suse.com
+
+- make it possible to use this gem on SLE 11 too.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Jun 17 16:25:48 UTC 2015 - cdenicolo@suse.com