diff --git a/libvirt.changes b/libvirt.changes
index d8957e6..615bf2a 100644
--- a/libvirt.changes
+++ b/libvirt.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Jul  8 12:43:45 MDT 2013 - jfehlig@suse.com
+
+- Only require lzop if suse_version > 1210
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Jul  3 11:14:11 MDT 2013 - jfehlig@suse.com
 
diff --git a/libvirt.spec b/libvirt.spec
index 7c0d4e8..2176227 100644
--- a/libvirt.spec
+++ b/libvirt.spec
@@ -500,8 +500,10 @@ Requires:       /usr/bin/qemu-img
 # For image compression
 Requires:       bzip2
 Requires:       gzip
-Requires:       lzop
 Requires:       xz
+%if 0%{?suse_version} > 1210
+Requires:       lzop
+%endif
 %endif
 %if %{with_storage_lvm}
 # For LVM drivers