diff --git a/python-uvicorn.changes b/python-uvicorn.changes
index facd9af..0d58cae 100644
--- a/python-uvicorn.changes
+++ b/python-uvicorn.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Mar 16 08:13:19 UTC 2023 - Dirk Müller <dmueller@suse.com>
+
+- skip optional uvloop test dependency for SLE15 
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Feb 16 15:27:53 UTC 2023 - Torsten Gruner <simmphonie@opensuse.org>
 
diff --git a/python-uvicorn.spec b/python-uvicorn.spec
index bd6bf17..db647f8 100644
--- a/python-uvicorn.spec
+++ b/python-uvicorn.spec
@@ -58,7 +58,9 @@ BuildRequires:  %{python_module python-dotenv}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module requests}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module trustme}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module typing_extensions if %python-base < 3.8}
+%if 0%{?suse_version} > 1500
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module uvloop >= 0.14.0}
+%endif
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module websockets >= 8.0}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module wsproto >= 1.2.0}
 # We don't want watchfiles in Ring1