diff --git a/python-tornado.changes b/python-tornado.changes
index dd06f3e..b68b623 100644
--- a/python-tornado.changes
+++ b/python-tornado.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Apr 30 13:06:58 UTC 2012 - toddrme2178@gmail.com
+
+- Fix building python 3 package on openSUSE 11.4 x86_64
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sat Apr 28 05:42:29 UTC 2012 - highwaystar.ru@gmail.com
 
diff --git a/python3-tornado.changes b/python3-tornado.changes
index 0c7d8f3..ce01149 100644
--- a/python3-tornado.changes
+++ b/python3-tornado.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Apr 30 13:06:58 UTC 2012 - toddrme2178@gmail.com
+
+- Fix building python 3 package on openSUSE 11.4 x86_64
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sat Apr 28 05:42:55 UTC 2012 - highwaystar.ru@gmail.com
 
diff --git a/python3-tornado.spec b/python3-tornado.spec
index 85294b3..d569167 100644
--- a/python3-tornado.spec
+++ b/python3-tornado.spec
@@ -34,9 +34,13 @@ BuildArch:      noarch
 %if 0%{?suse_version} <= 1140
 %{!?python3_sitelib: %global python3_sitelib %(python3 -c "from distutils.sysconfig import get_python_lib; print(get_python_lib())")}
 %{!?py3_ver: %global py3_ver %(python3 -c "import sys; version=str(sys.version_info[0]) + '.' + str(sys.version_info[1]); print(version)" 2>/dev/null || echo PYTHON-NOT-FOUND)}
+%ifarch x86_64
+# to allow ownership of noarch python directories
+BuildRequires:  python3-32bit
+%endif
 %endif
 Requires:       python3 >= %{py3_ver}
-Requires:  	python3-distribute
+Requires:       python3-distribute
 
 
 %description