diff --git a/python-beautifulsoup4.changes b/python-beautifulsoup4.changes
index b64ae2c..3cce8ca 100644
--- a/python-beautifulsoup4.changes
+++ b/python-beautifulsoup4.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Jul 24 20:25:54 UTC 2015 - seife+obs@b1-systems.com
+
+- fix non-SUSE build by conditionalizing Recommends: tag
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Jan  8 15:05:55 UTC 2014 - speilicke@suse.com
 
diff --git a/python-beautifulsoup4.spec b/python-beautifulsoup4.spec
index 823ddf2..535130e 100644
--- a/python-beautifulsoup4.spec
+++ b/python-beautifulsoup4.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package python-beautifulsoup4
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2014 SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
+# Copyright (c) 2015 SUSE LINUX GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -72,7 +72,9 @@ Beautiful Soup.
 %package doc
 Summary:        Documentation for %{name}
 Group:          Development/Libraries/Python
+%if 0%{?suse_version}
 Recommends:     %{name} = %{version}
+%endif
 
 %description doc
 Documentation and help files for %{name}