diff --git a/python38.changes b/python38.changes
index 29e2a81..ab114a3 100644
--- a/python38.changes
+++ b/python38.changes
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ Wed Aug 31 08:47:57 UTC 2022 - Matej Cepl <mcepl@suse.com>
 - Add bpo34990-2038-problem-compileall.patch making compileall.py
   compliant with year 2038 (bsc#1202666, gh#python/cpython#79171),
   backport of fix to Python 3.8.
+- Add conditional for requiring rpm-build-python, so we should be
+  compilable on SLE/Leap.
 
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 Thu Jul 21 14:19:54 UTC 2022 - Matej Cepl <mcepl@suse.com>
diff --git a/python38.spec b/python38.spec
index beca467..b88c2ec 100644
--- a/python38.spec
+++ b/python38.spec
@@ -175,8 +175,10 @@ BuildRequires:  lzma-devel
 BuildRequires:  netcfg
 BuildRequires:  openssl-devel
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig
+%if 0%{?suse_version} >= 1550
 # The provider for python(abi) is in rpm-build-python
 BuildRequires:  rpm-build-python
+%endif
 BuildRequires:  xz
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(bzip2)
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(expat)