diff --git a/pidgin.changes b/pidgin.changes
index 396bd3f..a5f2627 100644
--- a/pidgin.changes
+++ b/pidgin.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,17 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Oct  9 10:05:59 UTC 2012 - dimstar@opensuse.org
+
+- Introduce with_evolution defines, which enables/disables the
+  evolution plugin conditionally (only available on openSUSE<=12.2)
+  as pidgin does not yet support GNOME 3.6 (pidgin.im#15353)
+  + if with_evolution is not defined (false/0):
+    - evolution-data-server BuildRequires is being skipped
+    - Do not pass --with-gevolution to configure.
+    - Do not build the -evolution sub package
+    - Obsolete pidgin-evolution from the main package.
+- Pass --disable-vv to configure, as farstream 0.2 support is not
+  avaialble yet.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sun Jul  8 22:26:05 UTC 2012 - christoph.miebach@web.de
 
diff --git a/pidgin.spec b/pidgin.spec
index b3de776..7577ffe 100644
--- a/pidgin.spec
+++ b/pidgin.spec
@@ -22,12 +22,15 @@
 %define with_mono 0
 %endif
 
+%define with_evolution 0%{?suse_version} <= 1220
+
 Name:           pidgin
 Summary:        Multiprotocol Instant Messaging Client
 License:        GPL-2.0+
 Group:          Productivity/Networking/Instant Messenger
 Version:        2.10.6
 Release:        0
+# FIXME: Remove unconditional --disable-vv parameter from configure once pidgin is ported to farstream 0.2
 Url:            http://www.pidgin.im/
 Source:         http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/pidgin/Pidgin/%{version}/%{name}-%{version}.tar.bz2
 Source1:        pidgin-NLD-smiley-theme.tar.bz2
@@ -46,7 +49,9 @@ Patch15:        pidgin-fix-perl-build.patch
 BuildRequires:  cyrus-sasl-devel
 BuildRequires:  dbus-1-devel
 BuildRequires:  doxygen
+%if %{?with_evolution}
 BuildRequires:  evolution-data-server-devel
+%endif
 BuildRequires:  libtool
 %if %suse_version > 1110 && %suse_version <= 1210
 BuildRequires:  farsight2-devel
@@ -161,6 +166,10 @@ Obsoletes:      gaim-applet
 # Was only in the Build Service after 10.2:
 Obsoletes:      gaim-unstable < 2.0.0
 Provides:       gaim
+%if ! %{with_evolution}
+# If we can't build evolution, let's obsolete it for clean installations.
+Obsoletes:      %{name}-evolution <= %{version}
+%endif
 %if %suse_version <= 1021
 %define _prefix /opt/gnome
 %define _libdir %{_prefix}/%{_lib}
@@ -236,11 +245,13 @@ Group:          Productivity/Networking/Instant Messenger
 Requires:       libpurple = %{version}
 %endif
 
+%if %with_evolution
 %package evolution
 Summary:        Evolution integration plugin for Pidgin
 Group:          Productivity/Networking/Instant Messenger
 Requires:       %{name} = %{version}
 Supplements:    packageand(%{name}:evolution-data-server)
+%endif
 
 %if %with_mono
 
@@ -320,8 +331,10 @@ client.
 Lotus Sametime plugin for Pidgin using the Meanwhile library.
 %endif
 
+%if %with_evolution
 %description evolution
 Evolution integration plugin for Pidgin
+%endif
 
 %if %with_mono
 
@@ -401,7 +414,9 @@ autoreconf -fi
 %else
 	--disable-mono\
 %endif
+%if %with_evolution
         --enable-gevolution\
+%endif
 	--enable-gstreamer\
 %if 0%{?building_for_sle_ge_11}
 	--enable-gnome-keyring\
@@ -412,6 +427,7 @@ autoreconf -fi
 %if %suse_version < 1030
         --disable-meanwhile\
 %endif
+	--disable-vv\
 	--with-tclconfig=%{_libdir}\
 	--with-tkconfig=%{_libdir}\
 	--with-system-ssl-certs=/etc/ssl/certs
@@ -518,9 +534,11 @@ find $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_libdir}/finch -maxdepth 1 -xtype f -print | \
 %{_libdir}/pkgconfig/pidgin.pc
 %doc %{_mandir}/man3/Pidgin.*
 
+%if %with_evolution
 %files evolution
 %defattr(-, root, root)
 %{_libdir}/pidgin/gevolution.so
+%endif
 
 %files -n libpurple -f %{name}-%{version}-purpleplugins
 %defattr(-, root, root)