diff --git a/python-pika-pool.changes b/python-pika-pool.changes
index 9582b99..9916eea 100644
--- a/python-pika-pool.changes
+++ b/python-pika-pool.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Aug 22 11:05:30 UTC 2017 - tbechtold@suse.com
+
+- fix build for SLE12
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Aug 22 06:30:08 UTC 2017 - tbechtold@suse.com
 
diff --git a/python-pika-pool.spec b/python-pika-pool.spec
index 316d7af..3f7b469 100644
--- a/python-pika-pool.spec
+++ b/python-pika-pool.spec
@@ -26,8 +26,9 @@ Group:          Development/Languages/Python
 Url:            https://github.com/bninja/pika-pool
 Source:         https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/p/pika-pool/pika-pool-%{version}.tar.gz
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module devel}
-BuildRequires:  %{python_module pika >= 0.9}
+BuildRequires:  %{python_module pika}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module setuptools}
+BuildRequires:  python-rpm-macros
 Requires:       python-pika >= 0.9
 BuildArch:      noarch