diff --git a/libqt5-qtwebengine.changes b/libqt5-qtwebengine.changes
index 947b640..b0c0e10 100644
--- a/libqt5-qtwebengine.changes
+++ b/libqt5-qtwebengine.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Jul 26 19:20:55 UTC 2023 - Andreas Stieger <andreas.stieger@gmx.de>
+
+- build with bundled re2 on Tumbleweed, the upcoming re2 2023-07-01
+  breaks qtwebengine 
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu May 25 15:01:57 UTC 2023 - christophe@krop.fr
 
diff --git a/libqt5-qtwebengine.spec b/libqt5-qtwebengine.spec
index b5ff491..2945dd8 100644
--- a/libqt5-qtwebengine.spec
+++ b/libqt5-qtwebengine.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package libqt5-qtwebengine
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2022 SUSE LLC
+# Copyright (c) 2023 SUSE LLC
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -25,6 +25,11 @@
 %else
 %bcond_without python3
 %endif
+%if 0%{?suse_version} < 1699
+%bcond_without system_re2
+%else
+%bcond_with system_re2
+%endif
 
 # spellchecking dictionary directory
 %global _qtwebengine_dictionaries_dir %{_libqt5_datadir}/qtwebengine_dictionaries
@@ -171,7 +176,6 @@ BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(pangocairo)
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(pangoft2)
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(poppler-cpp)
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(protobuf)
-BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(re2)
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(speex)
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(sqlite3)
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(vpx) >= 1.8.0
@@ -193,6 +197,11 @@ BuildRequires:  yasm-devel
 %requires_ge libQt5Network5
 %requires_ge libQtQuick5
 %requires_ge libQt5Widgets5
+%if %{with system_re2}
+BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(re2)
+# known to break with re2 2023-07
+BuildConflicts: re2-devel >= 20230701
+%endif
 
 %description
 Qt WebEngine provides functionality for rendering regions of dynamic
@@ -347,6 +356,11 @@ export RPM_OPT_FLAGS="${RPM_OPT_FLAGS} -Wno-return-type"
         gn_args+="link_pulseaudio=true" \
         gn_args+="media_use_openh264=false" \
         gn_args+="use_system_libxml=true use_system_libxslt=true" \
+%if %{with system_re2}
+        gn_args+="use_system_re2=true" \
+%else
+        gn_args+="use_system_re2=false" \
+%endif
         qtwebengine.pro -- \
         -webengine-alsa \
         -no-webengine-embedded-build \