diff --git a/libguestfs.changes b/libguestfs.changes
index 0a35ab2..7901205 100644
--- a/libguestfs.changes
+++ b/libguestfs.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Sep 19 23:48:08 CEST 2012 - ohering@suse.de
+
+- enable augeas unconditionally also for sles11
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Sep 19 17:53:03 CEST 2012 - ohering@suse.de
 
diff --git a/libguestfs.spec b/libguestfs.spec
index 0a61b3e..7ace0d7 100644
--- a/libguestfs.spec
+++ b/libguestfs.spec
@@ -41,9 +41,7 @@
 
 Name:           libguestfs
 ExclusiveArch:  %ix86 x86_64
-%if %suse_version >= 1140
 BuildRequires:  augeas-devel
-%endif
 BuildRequires:  attr-devel
 BuildRequires:  autoconf
 BuildRequires:  automake
@@ -249,9 +247,7 @@ Allows Ruby scripts to directly use libguestfs.
 %if %{?sles_version}0 > 0
 BuildRequires:  sles-release
 %endif
-%if %suse_version >= 1140
 BuildRequires:  augeas-lenses
-%endif
 BuildRequires:  btrfsprogs
 BuildRequires:  bzip2
 BuildRequires:  coreutils