diff --git a/MozillaThunderbird.changes b/MozillaThunderbird.changes
index 999aa47..c3ffe2b 100644
--- a/MozillaThunderbird.changes
+++ b/MozillaThunderbird.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Dec  3 12:57:01 UTC 2018 - astieger@suse.com
+
+- Fix build on openSUSE Leap 15.x w.r.t. rust-std requirement
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Nov 29 08:47:10 UTC 2018 - Wolfgang Rosenauer <wr@rosenauer.org>
 
diff --git a/MozillaThunderbird.spec b/MozillaThunderbird.spec
index 7ffb615..ca31026 100644
--- a/MozillaThunderbird.spec
+++ b/MozillaThunderbird.spec
@@ -48,7 +48,9 @@ BuildRequires:  mozilla-nss-devel >= 3.36.4
 BuildRequires:  python
 BuildRequires:  python2-xml
 BuildRequires:  rust >= 1.24
-#BuildRequires:  rust-std
+%if 0%{?suse_version} <= 1500
+BuildRequires:  rust-std
+%endif
 BuildRequires:  startup-notification-devel
 BuildRequires:  unzip
 BuildRequires:  update-desktop-files