diff --git a/openvswitch.changes b/openvswitch.changes
index 5cc0783..0897df7 100644
--- a/openvswitch.changes
+++ b/openvswitch.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Apr  3 09:30:20 UTC 2013 - tpaszkowski@novell.com
+
+- %make_install macro no longer works on SLE11. Spec file now uses %makeinstall.
+
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Mar 26 11:21:37 UTC 2013 - speilicke@suse.com
 
diff --git a/openvswitch.spec b/openvswitch.spec
index 63b1c5d..95489af 100644
--- a/openvswitch.spec
+++ b/openvswitch.spec
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ done
 %endif
 pushd source
 
-%make_install
+%makeinstall
 install -d -m 755 %{buildroot}/%{_sysconfdir}/init.d
 install -d -m 755 %{buildroot}%{_localstatedir}/adm/fillup-templates