diff --git a/harfbuzz.changes b/harfbuzz.changes
index 31212a7..ed4469a 100644
--- a/harfbuzz.changes
+++ b/harfbuzz.changes
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 Sat Jul 17 10:09:15 UTC 2021 - Dominique Leuenberger <dimstar@opensuse.org>
 
 - Drop pkgconfig(chafa) BuildRequires for now: causes a cycle
-  between chafa and harfbuzz.
+  between chafa and harfbuzz, and disable it in meson
 
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Jul 14 09:54:30 UTC 2021 - Andreas Stieger <andreas.stieger@gmx.de>
diff --git a/harfbuzz.spec b/harfbuzz.spec
index 63243cc..e04c90b 100644
--- a/harfbuzz.spec
+++ b/harfbuzz.spec
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ This package contains the development files.
 %meson \
 	-Ddocs=disabled \
 	-Dgraphite=enabled \
+        -Dchafa=disabled \
 	%{nil}
 %meson_build