diff --git a/mapserver.spec b/mapserver.spec
index 3773e2d..69b887b 100644
--- a/mapserver.spec
+++ b/mapserver.spec
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 # Please submit bugfixes or comments via http://bugs.opensuse.org/
 #
 
+%bcond_with python
 %bcond_with ruby
 
 #
@@ -71,8 +72,6 @@ BuildRequires:  postgresql-devel >= 9.1
 BuildRequires:  postgresql-server-devel >= 9.1
 %endif
 BuildRequires:  proj
-BuildRequires:  python3-devel
-BuildRequires:  python3-setuptools
 BuildRequires:  libprotobuf-c-devel
 BuildRequires:  protobuf-c
 BuildRequires:  readline-devel
@@ -137,16 +136,19 @@ Obsoletes:      mapserver-perl < %{version}-%{release}
 The Perl/Mapscript extension provides full map customization capabilities
 within the Perl programming language.
 
+%if %{with python}
 %package -n python-mapscript
 Summary:        Python/Mapscript map making extensions to Python
 Group:          Development/Languages/Python
 %if %{suse_version} >= 1500
 %define python_sitearch %(python3 -c "from distutils.sysconfig import get_python_lib; print (get_python_lib(1))")
 BuildRequires:  python3-devel
+BuildRequires:  python3-setuptools
 Requires:       python3-base
 %else
 %define python_sitearch %(python2 -c "from distutils.sysconfig import get_python_lib; print (get_python_lib(1))")
 BuildRequires:  python2-devel
+BuildRequires:  python2-setuptools
 Requires:       python2-base
 %endif
 Requires:       %{libname} = %{version}-%{release}
@@ -156,6 +158,7 @@ Obsoletes:      mapserver-python < %{version}-%{release}
 %description -n python-mapscript
 The Python/Mapscript extension provides full map customization capabilities
 within the Python programming language.
+%endif
 
 %package -n libjavamapscript
 Summary:        Java/Mapscript map making extensions to Java
@@ -247,7 +250,9 @@ cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=%{_prefix} \
         -DWITH_POSTGIS=TRUE \
         -DWITH_PROJ=TRUE \
         -DWITH_PROTOBUFC=TRUE \
+%if %{with python}
         -DWITH_PYTHON=TRUE \
+%endif
 %if %{with ruby}
         -DWITH_RUBY=TRUE \
 %endif
@@ -364,12 +369,14 @@ rm -rf %{buildroot}
 %{perl_vendorarch}/auto/mapscript/*
 %{perl_vendorarch}/mapscript.pm
 
+%if %{with python}
 %files -n python-mapscript
 %defattr(-,root,root)
 %doc mapscript/python/README.rst
 %doc mapscript/python/examples
 %doc mapscript/python/tests
 %{python_sitearch}/*
+%endif
 
 %files -n libjavamapscript
 %defattr(-,root,root)