diff --git a/xfconf.spec b/xfconf.spec
index 8f653c1..ab6e30d 100644
--- a/xfconf.spec
+++ b/xfconf.spec
@@ -1,8 +1,13 @@
 %global xfceversion 4.13
+%if 0%{?fedora}
+%bcond_without perl
+%else
+%bcond_with perl
+%endif
 
 Name:           xfconf
 Version:        4.13.6
-Release:        2%{?dist}
+Release:        3%{?dist}
 Summary:        Hierarchical configuration system for Xfce
 
 Group:          System Environment/Base
@@ -15,6 +20,7 @@ BuildRequires:  glib2-devel
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libxfce4util-1.0) >= %{xfceversion}
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(dbus-1) >= 1.1.0
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(dbus-glib-1) >= 0.84
+%if %{with perl}
 BuildRequires:  perl-devel
 BuildRequires:  perl-generators
 BuildRequires:  perl(ExtUtils::Depends)
@@ -22,6 +28,7 @@ BuildRequires:  perl(ExtUtils::PkgConfig)
 BuildRequires:  perl(ExtUtils::MakeMaker)
 BuildRequires:  perl(Glib)
 BuildRequires:  perl(Glib::MakeHelper)
+%endif
 BuildRequires:  gettext
 BuildRequires:  intltool
 BuildRequires:  gcc-c++
@@ -50,6 +57,7 @@ Obsoletes:      xfce-mcs-manager-devel < 4.4.3-3
 This package includes the libraries and header files you will need
 to compile applications for xfconf.
 
+%if %{with perl}
 %package perl
 Summary:        Perl modules for xfconf
 Group:          Development/Libraries
@@ -59,6 +67,7 @@ Requires:       perl(:MODULE_COMPAT_%(eval "`%{__perl} -V:version`"; echo $versi
 %description perl
 This package includes the perl modules and files you will need to 
 interact with xfconf using perl. 
+%endif
 
 %prep
 %setup -q
@@ -76,21 +85,23 @@ sed -i 's|^runpath_var=LD_RUN_PATH|runpath_var=DIE_RPATH_DIE|g' libtool
 # fix permissions for installed libraries
 chmod 755 %{buildroot}/%{_libdir}/*.so
 
+%if %{with perl}
 # remove perl temp file
 rm -f %{buildroot}/%{perl_archlib}/perllocal.pod
 
 # remove unneeded dynloader bootstrap file
 rm -f %{buildroot}/%{perl_vendorarch}/auto/Xfce4/Xfconf/Xfconf.bs
 
+# fix permissions on the .so file
+chmod 755 %{buildroot}/%{perl_vendorarch}/auto/Xfce4/Xfconf/Xfconf.so
+%endif
+
 # remove .packlist files. 
 find %{buildroot} -type f -name .packlist -exec rm -f {} \;
 
 # get rid of .la files
 find %{buildroot} -type f -name *.la -exec rm -f {} \;
 
-# fix permissions on the .so file
-chmod 755 %{buildroot}/%{perl_vendorarch}/auto/Xfce4/Xfconf/Xfconf.so
-
 %find_lang %{name}
 
 %files -f %{name}.lang
@@ -108,12 +119,17 @@ chmod 755 %{buildroot}/%{perl_vendorarch}/auto/Xfce4/Xfconf/Xfconf.so
 %{_libdir}/pkgconfig/*.pc
 %{_includedir}/xfce4/xfconf-0
 
+%if %{with perl}
 %files perl
 %{perl_vendorarch}/auto/*
 %{perl_vendorarch}/Xfce4
 %{_mandir}/man3/*.3*
+%endif
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Jan 17 2019 Dan Horák <dan[at]danny.cz> - 4.13.6-3
+- Limit the perl subpackage to Fedora, nothing requires it anyway
+
 * Mon Oct 22 2018 Mukundan Ragavan <nonamedotc@fedoraproject.org> - 4.13.6-2
 - Fix files section
 - Spec clean up