diff --git a/tigervnc.changes b/tigervnc.changes
index e3250cc..0fc70ff 100644
--- a/tigervnc.changes
+++ b/tigervnc.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Aug 18 13:58:30 UTC 2014 - sndirsch@suse.com
+
+- use update-alternatives only on openSUSE > 13.1
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Aug 18 11:07:09 UTC 2014 - msrb@suse.com
 
diff --git a/tigervnc.spec b/tigervnc.spec
index b7591d2..80e435f 100644
--- a/tigervnc.spec
+++ b/tigervnc.spec
@@ -81,8 +81,10 @@ BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(xkbfile)
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(xorg-macros) >= 1.14
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(xproto)  >= 7.0.17
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(xtrans) >= 1.2.2
+%if 0%{?suse_version} >= 1315
 Requires(post):   update-alternatives
 Requires(postun): update-alternatives
+%endif
 Url:            http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/tigervnc/
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 Summary:        A high-performance, platform-neutral implementation of VNC
@@ -223,11 +225,15 @@ install -D -m 755 %{SOURCE7} $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_bindir}/vnc_inetd_httpd
 install -D -m 644 %{SOURCE8} $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/etc/slp.reg.d/vnc.reg
 install -D -m 755 %{SOURCE9} $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_bindir}/vncpasswd.arg
 install -D -m 644 %{SOURCE10} $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_datadir}/vnc/classes
+%if 0%{?suse_version} >= 1315
 ln -s -f %{_sysconfdir}/alternatives/vncviewer $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_bindir}/vncviewer
 ln -s -f %{_sysconfdir}/alternatives/vncviewer.1.gz $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_mandir}/man1/vncviewer.1.gz
+%endif
 
 %find_lang '%{name}'
 
+%if 0%{?suse_version} >= 1315
+
 %post
 %_sbindir/update-alternatives \
     --install %{_bindir}/vncviewer vncviewer %{_bindir}/vncviewer-tigervnc 20 \
@@ -238,6 +244,8 @@ if [ "$1" = 0 ] ; then
    "%_sbindir/update-alternatives" --remove vncviewer /usr/bin/vncviewer-tigervnc
 fi
 
+%endif
+
 %files -f %{name}.lang
 %defattr(-,root,root,-)
 %ghost %{_bindir}/vncviewer
@@ -247,8 +255,10 @@ fi
 %doc README.txt
 %ghost %_mandir/man1/vncviewer.1.gz
 %doc %_mandir/man1/vncviewer-tigervnc.1.gz
+%if 0%{?suse_version} >= 1315
 %ghost %_sysconfdir/alternatives/vncviewer
 %ghost %_sysconfdir/alternatives/vncviewer.1.gz
+%endif
 
 %files -n xorg-x11-Xvnc
 %defattr(-,root,root)