diff --git a/lal.changes b/lal.changes
index 2c88b74..7e01ca3 100644
--- a/lal.changes
+++ b/lal.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Oct 30 09:52:37 UTC 2020 - Stefan Brüns <stefan.bruens@rwth-aachen.de>
+
+- Build without octave bindings on Leap 15.x, requires SWIG 4.0
+
-------------------------------------------------------------------
Sun Oct 25 17:56:07 UTC 2020 - Atri Bhattacharya <badshah400@gmail.com>
diff --git a/lal.spec b/lal.spec
index 84fd1ec..61129c5 100644
--- a/lal.spec
+++ b/lal.spec
@@ -18,7 +18,11 @@
%define shliblal liblal20
%define shliblalsupport liblalsupport14
+%if 0%{suse_version} >= 1550
%bcond_without octave
+%else
+%bcond_with octave
+%endif
Name: lal
Version: 7.0.0
Release: 0
@@ -40,7 +44,7 @@ BuildRequires: fdupes
BuildRequires: hdf5-devel
BuildRequires: pkgconfig
BuildRequires: python-rpm-macros
-BuildRequires: swig >= 4.0
+
BuildRequires: pkgconfig(fftw3)
BuildRequires: pkgconfig(gsl)
BuildRequires: pkgconfig(zlib)
@@ -54,6 +58,9 @@ Requires: python-six
ExcludeArch: %{ix86}
%if %{with octave}
BuildRequires: octave-devel
+BuildRequires: swig >= 4.0
+%else
+BuildRequires: swig >= 3.0
%endif
# SECTION For tests (only with python3)
BuildRequires: python3-freezegun