diff --git a/sle11-remove-unknown-compiler-options.patch b/sle11-remove-unknown-compiler-options.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5285f53
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sle11-remove-unknown-compiler-options.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+Index: talloc-2.1.9/lib/replace/wscript
+===================================================================
+--- talloc-2.1.9.orig/lib/replace/wscript
++++ talloc-2.1.9/lib/replace/wscript
+@@ -706,8 +706,7 @@ def build(bld):
+     bld.SAMBA_SUBSYSTEM('replace-test',
+                         source='''test/testsuite.c test/strptime.c
+                         test/os2_delete.c test/getifaddrs.c''',
+-                        deps='replace',
+-                        cflags="-Wno-format-length")
++                        deps='replace')
+ 
+     if bld.env.standalone_replace:
+         bld.SAMBA_BINARY('replace_testsuite',
diff --git a/talloc.changes b/talloc.changes
index 0462e2a..4be894e 100644
--- a/talloc.changes
+++ b/talloc.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Mar 23 20:45:20 UTC 2017 - jmcdonough@suse.com
+
+- Build SLE11 and earlier without -Wno-format-length.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Mar 22 16:51:46 UTC 2017 - jmcdonough@suse.com
 
diff --git a/talloc.spec b/talloc.spec
index 2ab8a24..de4bed8 100644
--- a/talloc.spec
+++ b/talloc.spec
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ Source:         http://download.samba.org/pub/talloc/talloc-%{version}.tar.gz
 Source1:        http://download.samba.org/pub/talloc/talloc-%{version}.tar.asc
 Source4:        baselibs.conf
 Patch0:         talloc-python3.5-fix-soabi_name.patch
+Patch1:         sle11-remove-unknown-compiler-options.patch
 Source50:       talloc.keyring
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 
@@ -175,6 +176,9 @@ Libraries and Header Files to Develop Programs with python3-talloc Support
 %prep
 %setup -n talloc-%{version} -q
 %patch0 -p1
+%if 0%{?suse_version} < 1200
+%patch1 -p1
+%endif
 
 %build
 %if ! %{build_man}