diff --git a/qgis.changes b/qgis.changes
index db633fa..bf30a0a 100644
--- a/qgis.changes
+++ b/qgis.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Feb 29 08:40:03 UTC 2012 - dassau@gbd-consult.de
+
+- add python-sip-devel to build SLE 11 SP1 packages
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Feb 21 07:51:11 UTC 2012 - dassau@gbd-consult.de
 
diff --git a/qgis.spec b/qgis.spec
index 1361b9e..81a65e2 100644
--- a/qgis.spec
+++ b/qgis.spec
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ Requires:       python-gdal
 Requires:       python-qt4
 Requires:       python-sip
 Requires:       python-xml
-%if 0%{?suse_version} <= 1030 || 0%{?suse_version} >= 1120
+%if 0%{?suse_version} <= 1030 || 0%{?sles_version} == 11 || 0%{?suse_version} >= 1120
 BuildRequires:  python-qt4-devel
 BuildRequires:  python-sip-devel
 %else