diff --git a/libvirt.changes b/libvirt.changes
index 33fc3f7..08f6281 100644
--- a/libvirt.changes
+++ b/libvirt.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Feb 16 09:01:58 MST 2012 - jfehlig@suse.com
+
+- Recommend dmidecode if suse_version > 1110.  dmidecode is used
+  by virConnectGetSysinfo.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Feb 15 22:00:42 MST 2012 - jfehlig@suse.com
 
diff --git a/libvirt.spec b/libvirt.spec
index b6e462f..e9d5d3f 100644
--- a/libvirt.spec
+++ b/libvirt.spec
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 # Please submit bugfixes or comments via http://bugs.opensuse.org/
 #
 
+
 # For now, default to a full server + client build
 %define client_only        0
 
@@ -389,10 +390,12 @@ Recommends:     device-mapper
 # For multipath support
 Recommends:     device-mapper
 %endif
-#%ifarch i386 i586 i686 x86_64 ia64
+%if 0%{?suse_version} > 1110
+%ifarch i386 i586 i686 x86_64 ia64
 # For virConnectGetSysinfo
-#Requires:       dmidecode
-#%endif
+Recommends:     dmidecode
+%endif
+%endif
 # For service management
 %if %{with_systemd}
 %{?systemd_requires}