diff --git a/libguestfs.changes b/libguestfs.changes
index a4ec501..c25cf30 100644
--- a/libguestfs.changes
+++ b/libguestfs.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Nov 29 20:15:11 CET 2012 - ohering@suse.de
+
+- make perl-bindings optional, disabled for sles11
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sun Nov 25 18:17:02 CET 2012 - ohering@suse.de
 
diff --git a/libguestfs.spec b/libguestfs.spec
index e712653..55ef527 100644
--- a/libguestfs.spec
+++ b/libguestfs.spec
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 %define with_ocaml_bindings 1
 %define with_lua_bindings 1
 %define with_python_bindings 1
-%define with_perl 1
+%define with_perl_bindings 1
 %define with_ruby_bindings 1
 %define with_fuse 1
 %define with_hivex 1
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 %else
 %define with_ocaml_bindings 0
 %define with_lua_bindings 0
+%define with_perl_bindings 0
 %define with_python_bindings 0
 %define with_ruby_bindings 0
 %define with_hivex 0
@@ -72,6 +73,7 @@ BuildRequires:  libconfig-devel
 BuildRequires:  libtool
 BuildRequires:  libvirt-devel >= 0.10.2
 BuildRequires:  ncurses-devel
+BuildRequires:  perl-macros
 BuildRequires:  pcre-devel
 BuildRequires:  pkg-config
 BuildRequires:  readline-devel
@@ -135,6 +137,7 @@ Group:          System/Filesystems
 Provides:       %{name} = %{version}
 Obsoletes:      %{name} < %{version}
 Requires:       kvm >= 1.1
+%if %{with_perl_bindings}
 Requires:       perl(Data::Dumper)
 Requires:       perl(File::Basename)
 Requires:       perl(File::Temp)
@@ -148,6 +151,7 @@ Requires:       perl(Sys::Guestfs::Lib)
 Requires:       perl(Win::Hivex)
 Requires:       perl(Win::Hivex::Regedit)
 %endif
+%endif
 %{perl_requires}
 Recommends:     guestfs-data
 
@@ -194,12 +198,11 @@ Group:          Development/Libraries/Other
 Allows OCaml scripts to directly use libguestfs.
 %endif
 #
-%if %{with_perl}
+%if %{with_perl_bindings}
 %package -n perl-Sys-Guestfs
 Summary:        Provides Perl support for libguestfs
 Group:          System/Filesystems
 BuildRequires:  perl
-BuildRequires:  perl-macros
 BuildRequires:  perl(Data::Dumper)
 BuildRequires:  perl(Getopt::Long)
 BuildRequires:  perl(Locale::TextDomain)
@@ -214,6 +217,8 @@ BuildRequires:  perl(Win::Hivex::Regedit)
 #
 Provides:       libguestfs-perl = %{version}
 Obsoletes:      libguestfs-perl < %{version}
+Requires:       perl(File::Temp)
+Requires:       perl(Locale::TextDomain)
 %perl_requires
 
 %description -n perl-Sys-Guestfs
@@ -439,7 +444,7 @@ find $RPM_BUILD_ROOT -type f \( \
 	-name "virt-list-partitions" -o -name "virt-list-partitions.*" -o \
 	-name "virt-tar" -o -name "virt-tar.*" \
 	\) -print -delete
-%if %{with_perl}
+%if %{with_perl_bindings}
 # Delete empty perl bootstrap files
 find $RPM_BUILD_ROOT -name "*.bs" -size 0c -print -delete
 # Delete unused perl script without executable permissions
@@ -630,7 +635,7 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 %{_libdir}/lua
 %endif
 #
-%if %{with_perl}
+%if %{with_perl_bindings}
 %post -n perl-Sys-Guestfs -p /sbin/ldconfig
 
 %postun -n perl-Sys-Guestfs -p /sbin/ldconfig