diff --git a/monitoring-plugins.changes b/monitoring-plugins.changes
index 2c3705c..b8bcf24 100644
--- a/monitoring-plugins.changes
+++ b/monitoring-plugins.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Jan 29 15:11:15 UTC 2024 - Dominique Leuenberger <dimstar@opensuse.org>
+
+- Do not ship check_mssql unless built explicitly with mssql
+  support. DBD::Sybase is not available in openSUSE distros.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Jan 15 10:44:48 UTC 2024 - Pedro Monreal <pmonreal@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/monitoring-plugins.spec b/monitoring-plugins.spec
index 1fcc366..18328a9 100644
--- a/monitoring-plugins.spec
+++ b/monitoring-plugins.spec
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 # Please submit bugfixes or comments via https://bugs.opensuse.org/
 #
 
+%bcond_with mssql
 
 Name:           monitoring-plugins
 Version:        2.3.5
@@ -199,7 +200,9 @@ Requires:       %{name}-common = %{version}
 Recommends:     %{name}-fping
 Recommends:     %{name}-hpjd
 Recommends:     %{name}-ldap
+%if %{with mssql}
 Recommends:     %{name}-mssql
+%endif
 Recommends:     %{name}-mysql
 Recommends:     %{name}-pgsql
 Recommends:     %{name}-snmp
@@ -259,7 +262,9 @@ Recommends:     %{name}-maintenance
 Recommends:     %{name}-mem
 Recommends:     %{name}-mrtg
 Recommends:     %{name}-mrtgtraf
+%if %{with mssql}
 Recommends:     %{name}-mssql
+%endif
 Recommends:     %{name}-mysql
 Recommends:     %{name}-mysql_health
 Recommends:     %{name}-nagios
@@ -742,6 +747,7 @@ incoming or outgoing rates exceed the <icl> or <ocl> thresholds (in
 Bytes/sec), a CRITICAL status results.  If either of the rates exceed
 the <iwl> or <owl> thresholds (in Bytes/sec), a WARNING status results.
 
+%if %{with mssql}
 %package mssql
 Summary:        MS-SQL server or Sybase server query check
 Group:          System/Monitoring
@@ -756,6 +762,7 @@ This plugin runs a query against a MS-SQL server or Sybase server and returns
 the first row. It returns an error if no responses are running. Row is passed
 to perfdata	in semicolon delimited format.
 A simple sql statement like \"select getdate()\" verifies server responsiveness.
+%endif
 
 %package mysql
 Summary:        Test a MySQL DBMS
@@ -1203,6 +1210,11 @@ rm %{buildroot}%{nagios_plugindir}/check_apt
 rm %{buildroot}%{nagios_plugindir}/check_game
 %endif
 
+# mssql plugin is not installable due to missing package DBD::Sybase - Do not ship until built --with=mssql
+%if %{without mssql}
+rm %{buildroot}%{nagios_plugindir}/check_mssql
+%endif
+
 # fix "use lib" on installed perl checks
 pushd %{buildroot}%{nagios_plugindir}
 for file in $(find -maxdepth 1 -type f); do
@@ -1523,10 +1535,12 @@ fi
 %{nagios_plugindir}/check_mrtgtraf
 
 
+%if %{with mssql}
 %files mssql
 %defattr(0755,root,root)
 %dir %{nagios_plugindir}
 %{nagios_plugindir}/check_mssql
+%endif
 
 %files mysql
 %defattr(0755,root,root)