diff --git a/libguestfs.spec b/libguestfs.spec
index e5e3b9e..7be9a6b 100644
--- a/libguestfs.spec
+++ b/libguestfs.spec
@@ -103,9 +103,11 @@ BuildRequires:  libconfig-devel
 BuildRequires:  libtool
 BuildRequires:  libvirt-devel >= 0.10.2
 BuildRequires:  ncurses-devel
+%if %{with perl_bindings}
 %if %suse_version < 1140
 BuildRequires:  perl-macros
 %endif
+%endif
 BuildRequires:  pcre-devel
 BuildRequires:  pkg-config
 BuildRequires:  readline-devel