diff --git a/gnunet.changes b/gnunet.changes
index 4cc5398..616032b 100644
--- a/gnunet.changes
+++ b/gnunet.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Mar 26 05:55:30 UTC 2024 - Andreas Stieger <andreas.stieger@gmx.de>
+
+- build without libextractor
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sun Mar 17 13:23:55 UTC 2024 - Andreas Stieger <andreas.stieger@gmx.de>
 
diff --git a/gnunet.spec b/gnunet.spec
index 2256f94..8b6c243 100644
--- a/gnunet.spec
+++ b/gnunet.spec
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 #
 
 
+%bcond_with libextractor
 Name:           gnunet
 Version:        0.21.1
 Release:        0
@@ -38,12 +39,11 @@ BuildRequires:  update-desktop-files
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(gnutls) >= 3.2.12
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(jansson)
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libcurl) >= 7.34.0
-BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libextractor)
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libgcrypt) >= 1.6.0
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libidn2)
-BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libpq)
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libmicrohttpd) >= 0.9.63
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libpng)
+BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libpq)
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libsodium) >= 1.0.18
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(sqlite3)
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(zbar)
@@ -54,6 +54,9 @@ Requires:       %{_bindir}/openssl
 Requires:       mozilla-nss-tools
 Recommends:     miniupnpc
 %sysusers_requires
+%if %{?with libextractor}
+BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libextractor)
+%endif
 
 %description
 GNUnet is peer-to-peer framework focusing on security. The first and primary