diff --git a/SConstruct b/SConstruct
index 28a0b8b2..4f11ee96 100644
--- a/SConstruct
+++ b/SConstruct
@@ -194,8 +194,8 @@ if link != 'default':
     env.Replace(LINK = link)
 
 # Get compiler name/version, CXX may be set to "c++" which may be clang or gcc
-cc_version = read_first_line(env['CC'].split() + ['--version'])
-cxx_version = read_first_line(env['CXX'].split() + ['--version'])
+cc_version = str(read_first_line(env['CC'].split() + ['--version']))
+cxx_version = str(read_first_line(env['CXX'].split() + ['--version']))
 
 print('Using C compiler executable: ' + env['CC'])
 print('C compiler version is: ' + cc_version)
diff --git a/scripts/packages/galera.spec b/scripts/packages/galera.spec
index a5caaa30..495b42c5 100644
--- a/scripts/packages/galera.spec
+++ b/scripts/packages/galera.spec
@@ -39,6 +39,9 @@
 %if 0%{?suse_version} == 1320
 %define dist .suse13.2
 %endif
+%if 0%{?suse_version} == 1500
+%define dist .suse15.0
+%endif
 
 
 Name:          %{name}
@@ -57,7 +60,7 @@ BuildRoot:     %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}
 #BuildRequires: boost-devel
 #BuildRequires: check-devel
 BuildRequires: glibc-devel
-BuildRequires: openssl-devel
+BuildRequires: libopenssl-1_0_0-devel
 BuildRequires: scons
 %if 0%{?suse_version} == 1110
 # On SLES11 SPx use the linked gcc47 to build instead of default gcc43