diff --git a/python-urllib3.changes b/python-urllib3.changes
index 2d04530..4b68d73 100644
--- a/python-urllib3.changes
+++ b/python-urllib3.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Aug 21 11:39:09 UTC 2018 - dmueller@suse.com
+
+- fix dependency again for passing tests for python 2.x
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Aug 20 08:19:15 UTC 2018 - tchvatal@suse.com
 
diff --git a/python-urllib3.spec b/python-urllib3.spec
index fe8ae17..b22cda0 100644
--- a/python-urllib3.spec
+++ b/python-urllib3.spec
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 
 %{?!python_module:%define python_module() python-%{**} python3-%{**}}
+%define oldpython python
 Name:           python-urllib3
 Version:        1.23
 Release:        0
@@ -50,6 +51,8 @@ Recommends:     python-idna
 Recommends:     python-ndg-httpsclient
 Recommends:     python-pyOpenSSL
 %endif
+# for SSL module on older distros
+BuildRequires:  %{oldpython}
 BuildRequires:  python2-ipaddress
 %ifpython2
 Requires:       python-ipaddress