diff --git a/build.changes b/build.changes
index 4cb3ade..2cde9da 100644
--- a/build.changes
+++ b/build.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Aug 10 11:51:43 UTC 2016 - lnussel@suse.de
+
+- calculate leap version for default config
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Aug  9 13:36:48 UTC 2016 - adrian@suse.de
 
diff --git a/build.spec b/build.spec
index 5ecf73f..cde1a19 100644
--- a/build.spec
+++ b/build.spec
@@ -140,9 +140,11 @@ chmod 0644 $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr/lib/build/initvm.*
 # main
 make DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT install
 cd $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr/lib/build/configs/
-%if "%{?suse_version}" == "1315" && 0%{?is_opensuse}
-# super special leap distro
- ln -s sl42.1.conf default.conf
+%if 0%{?sle_version} && 0%{?is_opensuse}
+ # super special leap distro
+ major="$[%sle_version/10000+30]"
+ minor="$[%sle_version/100-1200]"
+ ln -s sl$major.$minor.conf default.conf
 %else
 %if 0%{?suse_version}
 %if 0%{?sles_version}