diff --git a/python-Babel-doc.changes b/python-Babel-doc.changes
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..de2be9b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python-Babel-doc.changes
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Jun 30 13:45:03 UTC 2015 - aj@ajaissle.de
+
+- Split documentation into separate package to avoid build loop
+
diff --git a/python-Babel-doc.spec b/python-Babel-doc.spec
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..22eafc1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python-Babel-doc.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+#
+# spec file for package python-Babel-doc
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2015 SUSE LINUX GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
+#
+# All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
+# remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
+# upon. The license for this file, and modifications and additions to the
+# file, is the same license as for the pristine package itself (unless the
+# license for the pristine package is not an Open Source License, in which
+# case the license is the MIT License). An "Open Source License" is a
+# license that conforms to the Open Source Definition (Version 1.9)
+# published by the Open Source Initiative.
+
+# Please submit bugfixes or comments via http://bugs.opensuse.org/
+#
+
+
+Name:           python-Babel-doc
+Version:        1.3
+Release:        0
+Url:            http://babel.edgewall.org/
+Summary:        Internationalization utilities
+License:        BSD-3-Clause
+Group:          Development/Languages/Python
+Source:         http://pypi.python.org/packages/source/B/Babel/Babel-%{version}.tar.gz
+BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
+BuildRequires:  python-Sphinx
+%if 0%{?suse_version} && 0%{?suse_version} <= 1110
+%{!?python_sitelib: %global python_sitelib %(python -c "from distutils.sysconfig import get_python_lib; print get_python_lib()")}
+%else
+BuildArch:      noarch
+%endif
+
+%description
+A collection of tools for internationalizing Python applications.
+
+This package contains the documentation for Babel
+
+
+%prep
+%setup -q -n Babel-%{version}
+
+%build
+python setup.py build_sphinx && rm build/sphinx/html/.buildinfo
+
+%install
+# Only building documentation
+
+%files
+%defattr(-,root,root,-)
+%doc LICENSE build/sphinx/html
+
+%changelog
diff --git a/python-Babel.spec b/python-Babel.spec
index 982954c..2db0323 100644
--- a/python-Babel.spec
+++ b/python-Babel.spec
@@ -30,8 +30,6 @@ BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 BuildRequires:  fdupes
 BuildRequires:  python-devel
 BuildRequires:  python-setuptools
-# Documentation requirements:
-BuildRequires:  python-Sphinx
 # Test requirements:
 BuildRequires:  python-py >= 1.4.14
 BuildRequires:  python-pytest >= 2.3.5
@@ -59,7 +57,6 @@ sed -i "s/pybabel =/pybabel-%{py_ver} =/" setup.py
 
 %build
 python setup.py build
-python setup.py build_sphinx && rm build/sphinx/html/.buildinfo
 
 %install
 python setup.py install --prefix=%{_prefix} --root=%{buildroot}
@@ -88,7 +85,7 @@ fi
 
 %files
 %defattr(-,root,root,-)
-%doc LICENSE CHANGES README build/sphinx/html
+%doc LICENSE CHANGES README
 %ghost %{_sysconfdir}/alternatives/pybabel
 %{_bindir}/pybabel
 %{_bindir}/pybabel-%{py_ver}