diff --git a/monitoring-plugins.changes b/monitoring-plugins.changes
index e868c20..3a4789b 100644
--- a/monitoring-plugins.changes
+++ b/monitoring-plugins.changes
@@ -37,6 +37,10 @@ Sat Dec 27 12:41:01 UTC 2014 - lars@linux-schulserver.de
   + monitoring-plugins.check_hpjd.c-64bit-portability-issue.patch
 - refreshed the other patches
 - ran spec-cleaner
+- require portmap on older distributions for building instead of 
+  rpcbind
+- newer openSUSE versions use rsyslog: require virtual syslog 
+  package for build
 
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 Sun Aug 10 17:11:48 UTC 2014 - lars@linux-schulserver.de
diff --git a/monitoring-plugins.spec b/monitoring-plugins.spec
index 7dd709a..842a579 100644
--- a/monitoring-plugins.spec
+++ b/monitoring-plugins.spec
@@ -83,17 +83,22 @@ BuildRequires:  postfix
 BuildRequires:  postgresql-devel
 BuildRequires:  procps
 BuildRequires:  python-devel
-BuildRequires:  rpcbind
 BuildRequires:  samba-client
 %if 0%{?suse_version}
 %if 0%{?suse_version} > 1020
 BuildRequires:  freeradius-client-devel
+BuildRequires:  rpcbind
 %else
+BuildRequires:  portmap
 BuildRequires:  radiusclient
 %endif
 %if 0%{?suse_version} > 910
 BuildRequires:  krb5-devel
+%if 0%{?suse_version} > 1310
+BuildRequires:  syslog
+%else
 BuildRequires:  syslog-ng
+%endif
 %else
 BuildRequires:  heimdal-devel
 %endif