diff --git a/network-manager-applet.spec b/network-manager-applet.spec
index 02e742f..389e5ac 100644
--- a/network-manager-applet.spec
+++ b/network-manager-applet.spec
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 %global rpm_version 1.18.0
 %global real_version 1.18.0
-%global release_version 1
+%global release_version 2
 
 %global real_version_major %(printf '%s' '%{real_version}' | sed -n 's/^\\([1-9][0-9]*\\.[1-9][0-9]*\\)\\.[1-9][0-9]*$/\\1/p')
 
@@ -56,7 +56,9 @@ BuildRequires: jansson-devel
 BuildRequires: gcr-devel
 BuildRequires: libselinux-devel
 BuildRequires: mobile-broadband-provider-info-devel
+%if 0%{?rhel} < 9 || 0%{?fedora}
 BuildRequires: libappindicator-gtk3-devel
+%endif
 BuildRequires: libdbusmenu-gtk3-devel
 
 %description
@@ -80,7 +82,11 @@ utility for use with NetworkManager.
     -Dgcr=true \
     -Dselinux=true \
     -Ddisable-static=true \
+%if 0%{?rhel} < 9 || 0%{?fedora}
     -Dappindicator=yes
+%else
+    -Dappindicator=no
+%endif
 %meson_build
 
 %install
@@ -130,6 +136,9 @@ desktop-file-validate $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_datadir}/applications/nm-connection-edit
 
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Nov 18 2020 Antonio Cardace <acardace@redhat.com> - 1.18.0-2
+- Build without libappindicator-gtk3-devel on RHEL >=9
+
 * Tue Jul 28 2020 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 1.18.0-1.1
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_33_Mass_Rebuild