diff --git a/javapackages-tools.changes b/javapackages-tools.changes
index 5258dea..a6bf955 100644
--- a/javapackages-tools.changes
+++ b/javapackages-tools.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Mar 17 14:39:51 UTC 2015 - tchvatal@suse.com
+
+- Use python-devel instead of pkgconfig to build on sle11
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Mar 17 14:02:21 UTC 2015 - tchvatal@suse.com
 
diff --git a/javapackages-tools.spec b/javapackages-tools.spec
index 1129e29..4b7ffc5 100644
--- a/javapackages-tools.spec
+++ b/javapackages-tools.spec
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ BuildRequires:  ant
 BuildRequires:  asciidoc
 BuildRequires:  dia
 BuildRequires:  fdupes
+BuildRequires:  python-devel
 BuildRequires:  python-lxml
 BuildRequires:  python-nose
 BuildRequires:  python-pyxb
@@ -43,7 +44,6 @@ BuildRequires:  rpm
 BuildRequires:  source-highlight
 BuildRequires:  xmlto
 BuildRequires:  xz
-BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(python)
 Requires:       coreutils
 Requires:       lua
 Requires:       python