diff --git a/pulseaudio.changes b/pulseaudio.changes
index 5d6fbd8..9b0186f 100644
--- a/pulseaudio.changes
+++ b/pulseaudio.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Sep  7 20:46:46 CEST 2009 - coolo@novell.com
+
+- do not require a kernel, self compiled kernels will work with
+  pulseaudio too. Conflict with old kernels instead
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Sep  2 23:23:47 CEST 2009 - sreeves@novell.com
 
diff --git a/pulseaudio.spec b/pulseaudio.spec
index 6fac0a0..5402bce 100644
--- a/pulseaudio.spec
+++ b/pulseaudio.spec
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ Recommends:     alsa-plugins-pulse
 Requires:       %{name}-lang = %{version}
 Requires:       udev >= 146
 Requires:       rtkit
-Requires:       kernel >= 2.6.30
+Conflicts:      kernel < 2.6.31
 Obsoletes:      libpulsecore9 <= 0.9.14
 Obsoletes:      libpulsecore7 <= 0.9.12