diff --git a/python-Cython.changes b/python-Cython.changes
index 843207c..befca02 100644
--- a/python-Cython.changes
+++ b/python-Cython.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Aug 26 17:11:12 UTC 2015 - ted.nokonechny@uregina.ca
+
+- "mangle" tests/run/cpdef_extern_func.pyx to allow package to build
+  for SLE_11_SP3 and SLE_11_SP4.
+  * cpdef const char* strchr(const char *haystack, int needle);
+    does not seem to match any from /usr/include/string.h
+    and fails for cpp tests via python runtests.py -vv
+  * cpdef_extern_func.pyx was not present in 0.21.1
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Aug 19 15:23:19 UTC 2015 - bwiedemann@suse.com
 
diff --git a/python-Cython.spec b/python-Cython.spec
index 4ea89bf..343a791 100644
--- a/python-Cython.spec
+++ b/python-Cython.spec
@@ -92,6 +92,12 @@ if [ $1 -eq 0 ] ; then
 fi
 
 %check
+%if 0%{?suse_version} && 0%{?suse_version} <= 1140
+sed -i.SLES11.SP4.bak -e 's/const char/char/' ./tests/run/cpdef_extern_func.pyx
+#mv ./tests/run/cpdef_extern_func.pxd ./tests/run/cpdef_extern_func.pxd.TNT.txt
+#mv ./tests/run/cpdef_extern_func.pyx ./tests/run/cpdef_extern_func.pyx.TNT.txt
+#sleep 60
+%endif
 python runtests.py -vv
 
 %files