diff --git a/libvirt.changes b/libvirt.changes
index b811083..214f483 100644
--- a/libvirt.changes
+++ b/libvirt.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Sep 10 10:24:26 MDT 2014 - jfehlig@suse.com
+
+- spec: do not require dmidecode on older code 11
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Sep  8 11:20:36 MDT 2014 - jfehlig@suse.com
 
diff --git a/libvirt.spec b/libvirt.spec
index 6f4cbe3..68ba539 100644
--- a/libvirt.spec
+++ b/libvirt.spec
@@ -513,11 +513,11 @@ Recommends:     polkit >= 0.93
 %else
 Recommends:     PolicyKit >= 0.6
 %endif
-%endif
 %ifarch i386 i586 i686 x86_64 ia64
 # For virConnectGetSysinfo
 Requires:       dmidecode
 %endif
+%endif
 %if %{with_systemd}
 # For service management
 %{?systemd_requires}