diff --git a/pipewire.changes b/pipewire.changes
index 7d9d884..22884d6 100644
--- a/pipewire.changes
+++ b/pipewire.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Jan  5 20:07:10 UTC 2023 - Bjørn Lie <bjorn.lie@gmail.com>
+
+- Disable ffmpeg support, only needed for pw-play and pw-record.
+  Break a circular dependency with ffmpeg-5. Do this via disabling
+  pkgconfig(libavcodec), pkgconfig(libavfilter) and
+  pkgconfig(libavformat) BuildRequires as well as passing
+  ffmpeg=disabled to meson.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Jan  4 11:25:48 UTC 2023 - Antonio Larrosa <alarrosa@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/pipewire.spec b/pipewire.spec
index 5b39978..52ced4f 100644
--- a/pipewire.spec
+++ b/pipewire.spec
@@ -113,9 +113,10 @@ BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(jack) >= 1.9.10
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(ldacBT-abr)
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(ldacBT-enc)
 %endif
-BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libavcodec)
-BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libavfilter)
-BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libavformat)
+# ffmpeg disabled on purpose, only used for pw-play and pw-record (break circular dependency with ffmpeg).
+#BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libavcodec)
+#BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libavfilter)
+#BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libavformat)
 %if %{with libcamera}
 BuildRequires:  libcamera-devel >= 0.0.1
 %endif
@@ -379,7 +380,7 @@ export CXX=g++-9
     -Ddocs=enabled \
     -Dman=enabled \
     -Dgstreamer=enabled \
-    -Dffmpeg=enabled \
+    -Dffmpeg=disabled \
     -Dsystemd=enabled \
     -Dsystemd-user-unit-dir=%{_userunitdir} \
     -Dgstreamer-device-provider=disabled \
@@ -601,7 +602,7 @@ fi
 %{_libdir}/spa-%{spa_ver}/avb/
 %{_libdir}/spa-%{spa_ver}/bluez5/
 %{_libdir}/spa-%{spa_ver}/control/
-%{_libdir}/spa-%{spa_ver}/ffmpeg/
+#%%{_libdir}/spa-%%{spa_ver}/ffmpeg/
 %{_libdir}/spa-%{spa_ver}/jack/
 %if %{with libcamera}
 %{_libdir}/spa-%{spa_ver}/libcamera/