diff --git a/libguestfs.changes b/libguestfs.changes
index 553b5f7..7addb05 100644
--- a/libguestfs.changes
+++ b/libguestfs.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Nov 13 23:40:45 CET 2012 - ohering@suse.de
+
+- disable python when building for SLES11
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Nov 13 15:42:54 CET 2012 - ohering@suse.de
 
diff --git a/libguestfs.spec b/libguestfs.spec
index 41be796..cd0f998 100644
--- a/libguestfs.spec
+++ b/libguestfs.spec
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 
 %define with_ocaml_tools 1
 %define with_ocaml_bindings 1
-%define with_python 1
+%define with_python_bindings 1
 %define with_perl 1
 %define with_ruby 1
 %define with_fuse 1
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 # leave features enabled in OBS main repo
 %else
 %define with_ocaml_bindings 0
+%define with_python_bindings 0
 %define with_ruby 0
 %define with_hivex 0
 %define with_zerofree 0
@@ -233,7 +234,7 @@ Obsoletes:      libguestfs-perl < %{version}
 Allows Perl scripts to directly use libguestfs.
 %endif
 #
-%if %{with_python}
+%if %{with_python_bindings}
 %package -n python-libguestfs
 Summary:        Provides Python support for libguestfs
 Group:          System/Filesystems
@@ -629,7 +630,7 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 %defattr(-,root,root)
 %endif
 #
-%if %{with_python}
+%if %{with_python_bindings}
 %files -n python-libguestfs
 %defattr(-,root,root)
 %{_libdir}/python%{pyver}/site-packages/*