diff --git a/thttpd.changes b/thttpd.changes
index 328a542..b0d0f3c 100644
--- a/thttpd.changes
+++ b/thttpd.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Oct 24 21:20:29 UTC 2012 - suse@ammler.ch
+
+- use different versions of automake (SLE)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Jun  8 14:29:40 UTC 2012 - vcizek@suse.com
 
diff --git a/thttpd.spec b/thttpd.spec
index ba9199c..1b49f03 100644
--- a/thttpd.spec
+++ b/thttpd.spec
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ Authors:
 %patch12
 
 %build
-cp /usr/share/automake-1.11/config.* . ||  cp /usr/share/automake-1.12/config.* .
+cp /usr/share/automake-1.*/config.* . 
 # update server root path
 sed -i "s@__SRVROOT__@%{serverroot}/htdocs@g" README.SuSE SuSE/etc/thttpd.conf
 sed -i "s@__PREFIX__@%{_prefix}@g;\