diff --git a/fio.changes b/fio.changes
index d8cd801..e7e4167 100644
--- a/fio.changes
+++ b/fio.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Jun  3 14:50:56 UTC 2025 - Eugenio Paolantonio <eugenio.paolantonio@suse.com>
+
+- Disable librbd on SLES16.0 and higher (bsc#1241271) 
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Apr 29 13:13:47 UTC 2025 - Avinesh Kumar <avinesh.kumar@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/fio.spec b/fio.spec
index 353bc27..1fb64c2 100644
--- a/fio.spec
+++ b/fio.spec
@@ -17,9 +17,14 @@
 #
 
 
+%if 0%{?suse_version} >= 1600 && !0%{?is_opensuse}
+# Disable librbd in SLES16.0 and higher, see bsc#1241271
+%bcond_with librbd
+%else
 %ifnarch s390x s390 ppc64le ppc64 ppc %{ix86} %{arm}
 %bcond_without librbd
 %endif
+%endif
 %ifarch x86_64
 %bcond_without libpmem
 %endif