diff --git a/libzio.changes b/libzio.changes
index aaeae76..cd71b08 100644
--- a/libzio.changes
+++ b/libzio.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Jan  7 21:32:08 UTC 2013 - jengelh@inai.de
+
+- Specify a BuildRoot, which is mandatory for old RPM (like SLE)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Oct 19 19:24:04 CEST 2012 - ro@suse.de
 
diff --git a/libzio.spec b/libzio.spec
index f94c3ed..f956322 100644
--- a/libzio.spec
+++ b/libzio.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package libzio
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2012 SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
+# Copyright (c) 2013 SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ BuildRequires:  xz-devel
 %ifarch ppc64
 Obsoletes:      libzio-64bit
 %endif
-#
+BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 
 %description
 Libzio provides a wrapper function for reading or writing gzip or bzip2