diff --git a/enchant.changes b/enchant.changes
index 5ee1ade..0c34a64 100644
--- a/enchant.changes
+++ b/enchant.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Mar 17 21:48:28 CET 2009 - mboman@suse.de
+
+- Don't delete "la" files for distro version <= 11.1
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Mar 13 20:46:44 CET 2009 - crrodriguez@suse.de
 
diff --git a/enchant.spec b/enchant.spec
index ab2b7d4..601b158 100644
--- a/enchant.spec
+++ b/enchant.spec
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ License:        LGPL v2.1 or later
 Group:          Productivity/Text/Spell
 AutoReqProv:    on
 Version:        1.4.2
-Release:        46
+Release:        47
 Summary:        Generic Spell Checking Library
 Source:         %{name}-%{version}.tar.bz2
 Url:            http://www.abisource.com/
@@ -124,7 +124,9 @@ make %{?jobs:-j%jobs}
 
 %install
 make install DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT
+%if %suse_version > 1110
 find %{buildroot} -type f -name "*.la" -exec %{__rm} -fv {} + 
+%endif
 
 %clean
 rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
@@ -162,8 +164,13 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 %{_includedir}/*
 %{_libdir}/*.so
 %{_libdir}/pkgconfig/*.pc
+%if %suse_version <= 1110
+%{_libdir}/*.*a
+%endif
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Mar 17 2009 mboman@suse.de
+- Don't delete "la" files for distro version <= 11.1
 * Fri Mar 13 2009 crrodriguez@suse.de
 - remove all "la" files
 * Fri Jul 25 2008 sbrabec@suse.cz