diff --git a/openwsman.spec b/openwsman.spec
index e406ffa..0afaaac 100644
--- a/openwsman.spec
+++ b/openwsman.spec
@@ -147,6 +147,7 @@ cmake \
 	-DCMAKE_SKIP_RPATH=1 \
 	-DPACKAGE_ARCHITECTURE=`uname -m` \
 	-DLIB=%{_lib} \
+	-DBUILD_JAVA=no \
 	..
 
 make
@@ -283,6 +284,7 @@ rm -f /var/log/wsmand.log
 %changelog
 * Wed Feb 21 2018 Vitezslav Crhonek <vcrhonek@redhat.com> - 2.6.5-3
 - Fix wrong SSL_CTX_set_cipher_list() retval check
+- Explicitly disable build of java bindings (build fails if java-devel is installed)
 
 * Thu Feb 08 2018 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 2.6.5-2
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_28_Mass_Rebuild