diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e7bc688f4c..f5ddf425b1 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 ## 19.12.2
 - added rust, java, csharp, go, v-lang and SQL syntax highlighting support
   in code blocks in the note edit (for [#38](https://github.com/pbek/qmarkdowntextedit/pull/38), thank you @Waqar144)
+- fixed SLE build process (thank you @Waqar144)
 
 ## 19.12.1
 - you now can select multiple note sub-folders to filter notes
diff --git a/obs/qownnotes.spec b/obs/qownnotes.spec
index 7ff7b0bdfb..8c1ff027c9 100644
--- a/obs/qownnotes.spec
+++ b/obs/qownnotes.spec
@@ -29,7 +29,14 @@ Requires:       qt5-qtsvg qt5-qtxmlpatterns qt5-qtwebsockets
 # This is for all SUSE
 
 BuildRequires:  libqt5-qtbase-devel libqt5-qtdeclarative-devel libQt5Svg-devel libQt5XmlPatterns-devel libqt5-qtwebsockets-devel
+
+# no aspell for SLE
+%if 0%{?sle_version} == 150000 || 0%{?sle_version} == 150100 && !0%{?is_backports}
+#BuildRequires:  aspell-devel
+%else
 BuildRequires:  libaspell15
+%endif
+
 BuildRequires:  update-desktop-files
 Requires:       libQt5Svg5 libQt5Sql5 libQt5Sql5-sqlite libQt5Gui5 libQt5Network5 libQt5Widgets5 libQt5Xml5 libQt5XmlPatterns5 libQt5PrintSupport5 libQt5WebSockets5