diff --git a/kdebindings.spec b/kdebindings.spec
index 8fd9473..8ecd31d 100644
--- a/kdebindings.spec
+++ b/kdebindings.spec
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ KDE bindings to non-C++ languages
 Group:    Development/Languages
 Summary:  Python bindings for KDE4
 Requires: kdelibs4 >= %{version}
-%global pyqt4_version %(python -c 'import sys, PyQt4.pyqtconfig; sys.stdout.write("%s\n" % (PyQt4.pyqtconfig._pkg_config["pyqt_version_str"]))')
+%global pyqt4_version %(python -c 'import sys, PyQt4.pyqtconfig; sys.stdout.write("%s\n" % (PyQt4.pyqtconfig._pkg_config["pyqt_version_str"]))' 2> /dev/null || echo %{pyqt4_version_min})
 Requires: PyQt4 >= %{pyqt4_version}
 %{?_sip_api:Requires: sip-api(%{_sip_api_major}) >= %{_sip_api}}
 %if ! 0%{?pykde4_akonadi}