diff --git a/python-ncclient.spec b/python-ncclient.spec
index 2e03cd3..358ffaf 100644
--- a/python-ncclient.spec
+++ b/python-ncclient.spec
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ This package contains documentation files for %{name}.
 %prep
 %setup -q -n ncclient-%{version}
 %if 0%{?suse_version} < 1550
-%patch -P 0
+%patch -P 0 -p 1
 %endif
 
 find examples/ -name "*.py" -exec sed -i 's|#!/usr/bin/env python$|#!/usr/bin/python|g' {} \;