diff --git a/nodepool/elements/bindep-fallback.txt b/nodepool/elements/bindep-fallback.txt
index 4d526031a9..5936a198fd 100644
--- a/nodepool/elements/bindep-fallback.txt
+++ b/nodepool/elements/bindep-fallback.txt
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ libuuid-devel [platform:rpm]
 libvirt-dev [platform:dpkg]
 libvirt-devel [platform:rpm]
 app-emulation/libvirt [platform:gentoo]
-libvirt-python [platform:rpm]
+libvirt-python [platform:rpm !platform:suse]
 dev-python/libvirt-python [platform:gentoo]
 libxml2-dev [platform:dpkg]
 libxml2-devel [platform:rpm]