diff --git a/automake.spec b/automake.spec
index 016cd33..28b2a2d 100644
--- a/automake.spec
+++ b/automake.spec
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ Summary:    A GNU tool for automatically creating Makefiles
 Name:       automake
 # Any bump here requires libtool rebuild, rhbz#1813010
 Version:    %{api_version}.5
-Release:    18%{?dist}
+Release:    19%{?dist}
 
 # To help future rebase, the following licenses were seen in the following files/folders:
 # usr/bin/* - GPL-2.0-or-later
@@ -107,7 +107,6 @@ BuildRequires: flex
 BuildRequires: gcc-gfortran
 BuildRequires: gettext-devel
 BuildRequires: libtool
-BuildRequires: ncompress
 BuildRequires: sharutils
 BuildREquires: texlive-dvips
 BuildRequires: texinfo-tex
@@ -117,6 +116,7 @@ BuildRequires: gcc-objc
 BuildRequires: gcc-objc++
 BuildRequires: imake
 BuildRequires: lzip
+BuildRequires: ncompress
 %endif
 %endif
 %endif
@@ -177,6 +177,9 @@ make -k %{?_smp_mflags} check %{?TESTS_FLAGS: TESTS="%{TESTS_FLAGS}"} \
 
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Nov 26 2024 Frederic Berat <fberat@redhat.com> - 1.16.5-19
+- Filter ncompress out for rhel (RHEL-66594)
+
 * Tue Oct 29 2024 Troy Dawson <tdawson@redhat.com> - 1.16.5-18
 - Bump release for October 2024 mass rebuild:
   Resolves: RHEL-64018