diff --git a/vlc.changes b/vlc.changes
index 6be2721..dd66676 100644
--- a/vlc.changes
+++ b/vlc.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Jun 22 15:34:58 UTC 2017 - dimstar@opensuse.org
+
+- Disable vnc access module: it does not work in my current tests.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri May 26 14:28:36 UTC 2017 - dimstar@opensuse.org
 
diff --git a/vlc.spec b/vlc.spec
index 434786b..0db0cb6 100644
--- a/vlc.spec
+++ b/vlc.spec
@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@
 %bcond_with gstreamer
 %endif
 
+# VNC support - the module is not really usable in most cases tested so far (e.g. against qemu-kvm -vnc :xx)
+%bcond_with vnc
+
 %ifarch %arm
 %bcond_without opengles
 %else
@@ -175,7 +178,9 @@ BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(freerdp) >= 1.0.1
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(gnutls) >= 3.2.0
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libbluray) >= 0.3.0
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libpulse) >= 1.0
+%if %{with vnc}
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libvncclient) >= 0.9.9
+%endif
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(xcb-keysyms) >= 0.3.4
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(xinerama)
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(xpm)
@@ -779,7 +784,7 @@ install -Dm0644 %{S:3} %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/appdata/%{name}.appdata.xml
 %{_libdir}/vlc/plugins/access/libvcd_plugin.so
 %{_libdir}/vlc/plugins/access/libvcdx_plugin.so
 
-%if 0%{?suse_version} > 1140
+%if %{with vnc}
 %{_libdir}/vlc/plugins/access/libvnc_plugin.so
 %endif
 %if 0%{?suse_version} > 1110