diff --git a/icinga-build-rpm-binary b/icinga-build-rpm-binary
index 60d260d6ab19e01dd5fb6a20069efedd00d065e2..4733d2e5a796a5a1f61eb5e3524469c374cfbdbd 100755
--- a/icinga-build-rpm-binary
+++ b/icinga-build-rpm-binary
@@ -103,6 +103,11 @@ fi
 
 echo "[ Running rpmlint ]"
 (
+  source /etc/os-release
+  if [ "$ID" = sles ] && [[ "$VERSION" = 11.* ]]; then
+    echo "Skip rpmlint..."
+    exit 0
+  fi
   lintrc=0
   for file in "${BUILDDIR}"/RPMS/**/*.rpm; do
     lintconf=(--info --verbose -o "NetworkEnabled True")
diff --git a/icinga-build-rpm-source b/icinga-build-rpm-source
index d004dd305cbcb7c4d25a61bb05a0dda528446686..cec244faf16ed4f89d58ce89f0a75503b8342018 100755
--- a/icinga-build-rpm-source
+++ b/icinga-build-rpm-source
@@ -93,6 +93,11 @@ if [ -e "rpmlint/${ICINGA_BUILD_PROJECT}.conf" ]; then
   lintconf+=("-f" "rpmlint/${ICINGA_BUILD_PROJECT}.conf")
 fi
 (
+  source /etc/os-release
+  if [ "$ID" = sles ] && [[ "$VERSION" = 11.* ]]; then
+    echo "Skip rpmlint..."
+    exit 0
+  fi
   set -o pipefail
   lintrc=0
   (set -x; rpmlint "${lintconf[@]}" "${BUILDDIR}/SPECS/${ICINGA_BUILD_PROJECT}.spec") \