diff --git a/libguestfs.spec b/libguestfs.spec
index ea56828..fa3f67e 100644
--- a/libguestfs.spec
+++ b/libguestfs.spec
@@ -396,6 +396,7 @@ make \
 
 %install
 %makeinstall
+%if %{with_perl}
 # Delete empty perl bootstrap files
 find $RPM_BUILD_ROOT -name "*.bs" -size 0c -print -delete
 # Delete unused perl script without executable permissions
@@ -405,6 +406,7 @@ find $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%perl_vendorarch/ -name bindtests.pl -print -delete
 # the macro above packages everything, here only the perl files are desrired
 grep "%perl_vendorarch/" %{name}.files | tee t
 mv t %{name}.files
+%endif
 #
 rm -f $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_libdir}/*.{l,}a
 touch %{name}.lang