diff --git a/xpra.changes b/xpra.changes
index 68ad53d..e40b0bd 100644
--- a/xpra.changes
+++ b/xpra.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Apr 23 09:09:12 UTC 2021 - Luigi Baldoni <aloisio@gmx.com>
+
+- Fix build with ffmpeg 4.4 on Leap
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Apr 21 10:40:46 UTC 2021 - Luigi Baldoni <aloisio@gmx.com>
 
diff --git a/xpra.spec b/xpra.spec
index cd874a6..8423643 100644
--- a/xpra.spec
+++ b/xpra.spec
@@ -142,6 +142,10 @@ sed -e 's|__FILLUPDIR__|%{_fillupdir}|' \
 sed -i '/install_html5/s/verbose=False/verbose=True/' %{name}-html5-%{html5_ver}/setup.py
 
 %build
+export CFLAGS="%{optflags}"
+%if 0%{?suse_version} <= 1500
+export CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -Wno-error=deprecated-declarations"
+%endif
 python3 setup.py clean
 
 python3 setup.py build \