diff --git a/python-liblarch.changes b/python-liblarch.changes
index 6bc7dae..63776be 100644
--- a/python-liblarch.changes
+++ b/python-liblarch.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Jan  3 17:07:45 UTC 2013 - toddrme2178@gmail.com
+
+- Fix building on SLES 11
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Feb 28 10:43:02 UTC 2012 - cfarrell@suse.com
 
diff --git a/python-liblarch.spec b/python-liblarch.spec
index 5187d22..ee0bc7b 100644
--- a/python-liblarch.spec
+++ b/python-liblarch.spec
@@ -27,8 +27,12 @@ Source:         http://gtg.fritalk.com/publique/gtg.fritalk.com/liblarch/0.1/%{_
 BuildRequires:  python
 Requires:       python-gobject2
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
+%if 0%{?suse_version} <= 1110
+%{!?python_sitelib: %global python_sitelib %(python -c "from distutils.sysconfig import get_python_lib; print(get_python_lib())")}
+%{py_requires}
+%else
 BuildArch:      noarch
-%py_requires
+%endif
 
 %description
 Liblarch is a python library built to easily handle data structure such are lists, trees and acyclic graphs