diff --git a/git.changes b/git.changes
index 6f2b868..eff97ee 100644
--- a/git.changes
+++ b/git.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Nov  4 08:45:59 CET 2008 - olh@suse.de
+
+- use fdupes only if the distribution provides it
+- use libopenssl-devel only if the distribution provides it
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Oct 24 15:03:52 CEST 2008 - tiwai@suse.de
 
diff --git a/git.spec b/git.spec
index fc8dce2..aff9ded 100644
--- a/git.spec
+++ b/git.spec
@@ -18,9 +18,25 @@
 
 
 Name:           git
-BuildRequires:  asciidoc curl-devel fdupes libopenssl-devel sgml-skel xmlto
+%if 0%{?suse_version} < 1030
+%define dist_has_fdupes 0
+%else
+%define dist_has_fdupes 1
+%endif
+BuildRequires:  asciidoc
+BuildRequires:  curl-devel
+%if %{dist_has_fdupes}
+BuildRequires:  fdupes
+%endif
+%if 0%{?suse_version} < 1030
+BuildRequires:  openssl-devel
+%else
+BuildRequires:  libopenssl-devel
+%endif
+BuildRequires:  sgml-skel
+BuildRequires:  xmlto
 Version:        1.6.0.2
-Release:        4
+Release:        5
 Summary:        Fast, scalable, distributed revision control system
 License:        GPL v2 or later
 Group:          Development/Tools/Version Control
@@ -273,8 +289,10 @@ rm -rf ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl
 %perl_process_packlist
 find $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%_mandir -type f -print0 | xargs -0 chmod 644
 install -m 644 -D contrib/completion/git-completion.bash $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/etc/bash_completion.d/git.sh
+%if %{dist_has_fdupes}
 # use symlinks instead of hardlinks in sub-commands
 %fdupes -s $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
+%endif
 
 %clean
 rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
@@ -376,6 +394,9 @@ fi
 /etc/bash_completion.d/git.sh
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Nov 04 2008 olh@suse.de
+- use fdupes only if the distribution provides it
+- use libopenssl-devel only if the distribution provides it
 * Fri Oct 24 2008 tiwai@suse.de
 - fix git.xinetd not to run the old git-daemon (bnc#438715)
 * Mon Oct 06 2008 tiwai@suse.de
@@ -526,7 +547,7 @@ fi
   git-apply wouldn't apply creation/deletion patches
 * Tue Nov 07 2006 ro@suse.de
 - fix permissions for manpages
-* Sun Oct 29 2006 meissner@suse.de
+* Sat Oct 28 2006 meissner@suse.de
 - use RPM_OPT_FLAGS also in %%install make
 * Thu Oct 26 2006 pbaudis@suse.cz
 - Upgrade to git-1.4.3.3 - bugfixes release
@@ -581,7 +602,7 @@ fi
   rename git to git-core, to match the upstream package name
 * Sun Jul 03 2005 kasievers@suse.de
 - New version 0.7git20050703
-* Fri Jul 01 2005 kasievers@suse.de
+* Thu Jun 30 2005 kasievers@suse.de
 - New version 20050630
 * Fri Jun 24 2005 kasievers@suse.de
 - New version 20050624