diff --git a/SVT-AV1.spec b/SVT-AV1.spec
index ffd8493..e63c07f 100644
--- a/SVT-AV1.spec
+++ b/SVT-AV1.spec
@@ -84,7 +84,10 @@ rm -rf  third_party/googletest
         -DSVT_AV1_LTO=ON \
         -DENABLE_AVX512=ON \
         -DSVT_AV1_PGO=ON \
-        -DCMAKE_FIND_PACKAGE_PREFER_CONFIG=OFF
+        -DCMAKE_FIND_PACKAGE_PREFER_CONFIG=OFF \
+        -Dcpuinfo_DIR="" \
+        -DCMAKE_DISABLE_FIND_PACKAGE_cpuinfo=TRUE
+        # cpuinfo cmake is broken, force fallback to pkg-config
 %cmake_build
 
 %install