diff --git a/python-apache-libcloud.spec b/python-apache-libcloud.spec
index 6aecb71..be520a2 100644
--- a/python-apache-libcloud.spec
+++ b/python-apache-libcloud.spec
@@ -24,7 +24,10 @@ Url:            https://libcloud.apache.org
 Group:          System/Monitoring
 Source0:        http://pypi.python.org/packages/source/a/apache-libcloud/apache-libcloud-%{version}.tar.bz2
 BuildRequires:  fdupes
+%if 0%{?sles_version}
 BuildRequires:  python
+Requires:       python
+%endif
 BuildRequires:  python-distribute
 BuildRequires:  python-unittest2
 BuildRequires:  python-mock