diff --git a/dbus-1.changes b/dbus-1.changes
index cb0abd2..8fd5671 100644
--- a/dbus-1.changes
+++ b/dbus-1.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Oct 13 07:29:57 UTC 2022 - Dirk Müller <dmueller@suse.com>
+
+- Disable asserts (bsc#1087072) 
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Jun  8 12:36:17 UTC 2022 - Dirk Müller <dmueller@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/dbus-1.spec b/dbus-1.spec
index ba5ff8f..de44340 100644
--- a/dbus-1.spec
+++ b/dbus-1.spec
@@ -137,6 +137,7 @@ export CXXFLAGS="%{optflags} -fno-strict-aliasing"
 export V=1
 %configure \
     --disable-static \
+    --disable-asserts \
     --runstatedir=%{_rundir} \
     --libexecdir=%{_libexecdir}/dbus-1 \
     --enable-inotify \