diff --git a/json-c.spec b/json-c.spec
index e5c9377..ceec69c 100644
--- a/json-c.spec
+++ b/json-c.spec
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 %global reldate 20130402
 
+%if 0%{?el6}
+# workaround for https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=903009
+%global debug_package %{nil}
+%endif
+
 Name:		json-c
 Version:	0.11
 Release:	5%{?dist}
@@ -113,6 +118,9 @@ rm -rf %{buildroot}
 
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Feb 10 2014 Michel Salim <salimma@fedoraproject.org> - 0.11-5
+- Temporarily disable debuginfo generation on EL6 to work around bz #903009
+
 * Sat Dec 21 2013 Ville Skyttä <ville.skytta@iki.fi> - 0.11-5
 - Run test suite during build.
 - Drop empty NEWS from docs.