diff --git a/mapserver.spec b/mapserver.spec
index 346e0b2..c63247b 100644
--- a/mapserver.spec
+++ b/mapserver.spec
@@ -78,7 +78,11 @@ BuildRequires:  proj
 BuildRequires:  protobuf-c
 BuildRequires:  readline-devel
 BuildRequires:  rpm
+%if 0%{with php}
+BuildRequires:  swig >= 4.1
+%else
 BuildRequires:  swig
+%endif
 BuildRequires:  update-alternatives
 BuildRequires:  xorg-x11-libXpm-devel
 BuildRequires:  zlib-devel
@@ -105,6 +109,7 @@ or any of the mapscript module (php, java, python, ruby)
 
 # We don't require apache2_mod-php8 users could have php5 running
 # with other modes (cgi, php-fpm, etc)
+
 %package -n php-mapscriptng
 Summary:        PHP/MapscriptNG map making extensions to PHP
 Group:          Development/Libraries/Other