diff --git a/gdal.changes b/gdal.changes
index a48f028..5bd552c 100644
--- a/gdal.changes
+++ b/gdal.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Jun 14 08:36:31 UTC 2018 - guillaume.gardet@opensuse.org
+
+- Add optional filegdb_api support, disabled by default
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Jun  1 10:04:15 UTC 2018 - opensuse@dstoecker.de
 
diff --git a/gdal.spec b/gdal.spec
index 5cd5a3b..1229559 100644
--- a/gdal.spec
+++ b/gdal.spec
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 %define sourcename gdal
 %bcond_with ecw_support
 %bcond_with ecw5_support
+%bcond_with fgdb_support
 Name:           gdal
 Version:        2.3.0
 Release:        0
@@ -42,6 +43,9 @@ BuildRequires:  curl-devel
 BuildRequires:  dos2unix
 BuildRequires:  doxygen >= 1.4.2
 BuildRequires:  fdupes
+%if %{with fgdb_support}
+BuildRequires:  filegdb_api-devel
+%endif
 BuildRequires:  gcc-c++
 BuildRequires:  geos-devel >= 3
 BuildRequires:  giflib-devel
@@ -242,6 +246,10 @@ autoreconf -fi
         CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -pthread" \
 %endif
 %endif
+%if %{with fgdb_support}
+       --with-fgdb \
+       --with-static-proj4 \
+%endif
 %if 0%{?suse_version} > 1320
         --with-opencl           \
 %endif