diff --git a/protobuf.changes b/protobuf.changes
index 3bf3854..38c6aaa 100644
--- a/protobuf.changes
+++ b/protobuf.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Nov 12 12:30:26 UTC 2015 - alarrosa@suse.com
+
+- Python bindings require a recent python-google-apputils, so build
+ them where it's available (that's anything recent except SLE12)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Nov 12 09:36:46 UTC 2015 - alarrosa@suse.com
 
diff --git a/protobuf.spec b/protobuf.spec
index 7af3a8a..6a9e31a 100644
--- a/protobuf.spec
+++ b/protobuf.spec
@@ -37,10 +37,11 @@ BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 %else
 %bcond_with protobuf_java
 %endif
-%if 0%{?suse_version} > 1210 && 0%{?is_opensuse} 
-%bcond_without protobuf_python
-%else
+# Don't build the python bindings in SLE12 or old distros
+%if ( 0%{?suse_version} == 1315 && !0%{?is_opensuse} ) || 0%{?suse_version} < 1210
 %bcond_with protobuf_python
+%else
+%bcond_without protobuf_python
 %endif
 %if 0%{?suse_version} > 1010
 BuildRequires:  fdupes