diff --git a/libguestfs.spec b/libguestfs.spec
index ea410c7..dec1bd5 100644
--- a/libguestfs.spec
+++ b/libguestfs.spec
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 %define with_perl 1
 %define with_ruby 1
 %define with_fuse 1
+%define with_hivex 1
 #
 # The following defines are overridden in the indivual subpackages
 %define _configure_fuse --disable-fuse
@@ -40,7 +41,6 @@ BuildRequires:  file-devel
 BuildRequires:  gcc
 BuildRequires:  gcc-c++
 BuildRequires:  gperf
-BuildRequires:  hivex-devel
 %if %suse_version >= 1220
 BuildRequires:  libconfig-devel
 %endif
@@ -58,6 +58,9 @@ BuildRequires:  perl(Pod::Simple::XHTML) >= 3.16
 BuildRequires:  fuse-devel
 %define _configure_fuse --enable-fuse
 %endif
+%if %{with_hivex}
+BuildRequires:  hivex-devel
+%endif
 #
 Url:            http://libguestfs.org/
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build