diff --git a/python-retry_decorator.changes b/python-retry_decorator.changes
index ee15c43..ee40165 100644
--- a/python-retry_decorator.changes
+++ b/python-retry_decorator.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Aug 14 15:37:42 UTC 2013 - rschweikert@suse.com
+
+- BuildRequire python to fix build error on SLE
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Aug 13 15:57:25 UTC 2013 - rschweikert@suse.com
 
diff --git a/python-retry_decorator.spec b/python-retry_decorator.spec
index 73efc61..5b3119d 100644
--- a/python-retry_decorator.spec
+++ b/python-retry_decorator.spec
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ License:        MIT
 Group:          Development/Languages/Python
 URL:            https://github.com/pnpnpn/retry-decorator
 Source0:        retry_decorator-%{version}.tar.bz2
+BuildRequires:  python
 BuildRequires:  python-setuptools
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root
 %if 0%{?suse_version} && 0%{?suse_version} <= 1110