diff --git a/libguestfs.spec b/libguestfs.spec
index b5d23a0..e5e3b9e 100644
--- a/libguestfs.spec
+++ b/libguestfs.spec
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
 %bcond_without perl_bindings
 %bcond_without hivex
 %bcond_without zerofree
-%bcond_without ext4_writeable
+%bcond_with    ext4_writeable
 %endif
 
 %bcond_without fuse