diff --git a/wireshark.changes b/wireshark.changes
index 390a296..1b98171 100644
--- a/wireshark.changes
+++ b/wireshark.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Nov 14 00:01:02 UTC 2012 - andreas.stieger@gmx.de
+
+- for openSUSE 12.2 and later, build against lua51-devel instead
+  of lua-devel for Lua support (bnc#780669)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Oct  2 20:20:43 UTC 2012 - andreas.stieger@gmx.de
 
diff --git a/wireshark.spec b/wireshark.spec
index 27c34c2..cf35506 100644
--- a/wireshark.spec
+++ b/wireshark.spec
@@ -45,7 +45,12 @@ BuildRequires:  libgcrypt-devel
 BuildRequires:  libgnutls-devel
 BuildRequires:  libpcap-devel
 BuildRequires:  libsmi-devel
+# required for Lua support in openSUSE 12.2 and later [bnc#780669]
+%if 0%{?suse_version} >= 1220
+BuildRequires:  lua51-devel
+%else
 BuildRequires:  lua-devel
+%endif
 BuildRequires:  net-snmp-devel
 BuildRequires:  openssl-devel
 BuildRequires:  pcre-devel