diff --git a/qwt6.changes b/qwt6.changes
index ec424ac..fb02015 100644
--- a/qwt6.changes
+++ b/qwt6.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Nov 20 17:23:54 UTC 2012 - nico.kruber@gmail.com
+
+- Fix the SLES build (%make_install is not expanded on SLES)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Mar 29 12:38:20 UTC 2012 - cfarrell@suse.com
 
diff --git a/qwt6.spec b/qwt6.spec
index eba11a9..35f7876 100644
--- a/qwt6.spec
+++ b/qwt6.spec
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ qmake \
 make %{?_smp_mflags}
 
 %install
-%makeinstall INSTALL_ROOT=%{buildroot}
+make DESTDIR=%{buildroot} install INSTALL_ROOT=%{buildroot}
 
 # Documentation
 mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{_docdir}/%{name}