diff --git a/patch.spec b/patch.spec
index 87110e2..265f164 100644
--- a/patch.spec
+++ b/patch.spec
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@ Url:            http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/patch/
 Source:         http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/patch/%{name}-%{version}.tar.xz
 Source2:        http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/patch/%{name}-%{version}.tar.xz.sig
 Source3:        http://savannah.gnu.org/project/memberlist-gpgkeys.php?group=patch&download=1#/patch.keyring
+%if 0%{?suse_version} < 1220
+BuildRequires:  xz
+%endif
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 # See bnc#662957. The fix for CVE-2010-4651 breaks the way interdiff was
 # invoking patch, so interdiff had to be fixed too.