diff --git a/libnftnl.spec b/libnftnl.spec
index b005e1e..192944a 100644
--- a/libnftnl.spec
+++ b/libnftnl.spec
@@ -32,7 +32,10 @@ BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig >= 0.21
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(jansson) >= 2.3
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libmnl) >= 1.0.3
+%if 0%{?suse_version}
+# Fedora does not have
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(mxml) >= 2.6
+%endif
 
 %description
 libnftnl is a userspace library providing a low-level netlink
@@ -62,7 +65,10 @@ applications that want to make use of libnftnl.
 %setup -qn %name
 
 %build
-%configure --includedir="%_includedir/pkg" --with-xml-parsing \
+%configure --includedir="%_includedir/pkg" \
+%if 0%{?suse_version}
+	--with-xml-parsing \
+%endif
 	--with-json-parsing
 make %{?_smp_mflags}