diff --git a/apache2.spec b/apache2.spec
index 0970b2e..a6afc34 100644
--- a/apache2.spec
+++ b/apache2.spec
@@ -190,7 +190,8 @@ BuildRequires:  pkgconfig
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libsystemd)
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(systemd)
 %endif
-%if 0%{?suse_version} > 1320 || 0%{?sle_version} >= 120200
+# sigh, nghttp2 does not propagate into SLE-12-SP3 for some reason
+%if 0%{?suse_version} > 1320 || 0%{?sle_version} == 120200
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libnghttp2) >= 1.2.1
 %endif