diff --git a/libsoup.spec b/libsoup.spec
index ee4a2fc..8758d6c 100644
--- a/libsoup.spec
+++ b/libsoup.spec
@@ -27,6 +27,11 @@ BuildRequires: /usr/bin/ntlm_auth
 Requires: glib2%{?_isa} >= %{glib2_version}
 Requires: glib-networking%{?_isa} >= %{glib2_version}
 
+# Avoid automatic requires on sysprof-devel package as it's a private
+# dependency (and libsoup doesn't ship a static library which is when
+# this dep would be useful)
+%global __requires_exclude ^pkgconfig\\(sysprof-capture-4\\)$
+
 %description
 Libsoup is an HTTP library implementation in C. It was originally part
 of a SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol) implementation called Soup, but
@@ -85,6 +90,7 @@ you to develop applications that use the libsoup library.
 %changelog
 * Sun Sep 20 2020 Kalev Lember <klember@redhat.com> - 2.72.0-2
 - Tighten soname globs
+- Avoid automatic requires on sysprof-devel package
 
 * Mon Sep 14 2020 Kalev Lember <klember@redhat.com> - 2.72.0-1
 - Update to 2.72.0