diff --git a/gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free.spec b/gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free.spec
index a5e9072..53e3906 100644
--- a/gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free.spec
+++ b/gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free.spec
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 # Only have extras package on fedora
 %bcond extras %{defined fedora}
 %bcond opencv %[ 0%{?fedora} >= 39 ]
+%bcond openh264 %[ 0%{?fedora} >= 40 ]
 
 #global gitrel     140
 #global gitcommit  4ca3a22b6b33ad8be4383063e76f79c4d346535d
@@ -118,7 +119,9 @@ BuildRequires:  openal-soft-devel
 BuildRequires:  opencv-devel
 %endif
 BuildRequires:  openjpeg2-devel
+%if %{with openh264}
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(openh264)
+%endif
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(spandsp) >= 0.0.6
 ## Plugins not ported
 #BuildRequires:  SDL-devel
@@ -240,6 +243,7 @@ This package (%{name}-opencv) contains the OpenCV plugins.
 %endif
 
 
+%if %{with openh264}
 %package -n gstreamer1-plugin-openh264
 Summary:        GStreamer OpenH264 plugin
 License:        LGPL-2.0-or-later AND BSD-2-Clause
@@ -251,6 +255,7 @@ GStreamer is a streaming media framework, based on graphs of elements which
 operate on media data.
 
 This package contains the OpenH264 plugin.
+%endif
 
 
 %package libs
@@ -300,6 +305,7 @@ aren't tested well enough, or the code is not of good enough quality.
     %{!?with_extras:-D modplug=disabled } \
     %{!?with_extras:-D openal=disabled } \
     %{!?with_opencv:-D opencv=disabled } \
+    %{!?with_openh264:-D openh264=disabled } \
     %{!?with_extras:-D openjpeg=disabled } \
     %{!?with_extras:-D wildmidi=disabled -D zbar=disabled } \
     %{!?with_extras:-D gme=disabled -D lv2=disabled } \
@@ -396,6 +402,7 @@ cat > $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_metainfodir}/gstreamer-bad-free.appdata.xml <<EOF
 </component>
 EOF
 
+%if %{with openh264}
 cat > $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_metainfodir}/gstreamer-openh264.appdata.xml <<EOF
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!-- Copyright 2015 Kalev Lember <klember@redhat.com> -->
@@ -426,6 +433,7 @@ cat > $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_metainfodir}/gstreamer-openh264.appdata.xml <<EOF
   <update_contact><!-- upstream-contact_at_email.com --></update_contact>
 </component>
 EOF
+%endif
 
 %find_lang gst-plugins-bad-%{majorminor}
 
@@ -632,11 +640,13 @@ rm $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_bindir}/playout
 %{_libdir}/libgstopencv-%{majorminor}.so.0{,.*}
 %endif
 
+%if %{with openh264}
 %files -n gstreamer1-plugin-openh264
 %license COPYING
 %license ext/openh264/LICENSE
 %{_metainfodir}/gstreamer-openh264.appdata.xml
 %{_libdir}/gstreamer-1.0/libgstopenh264.so
+%endif
 
 %files libs
 %license COPYING