diff --git a/nodejs.spec b/nodejs.spec
index c7a96e0..ed02cca 100644
--- a/nodejs.spec
+++ b/nodejs.spec
@@ -6,8 +6,24 @@
 %global with_debug 0
 %endif
 
-# bundle dependencies that are not available as Fedora modules
+# The following macros control the usage of dependencies bundled from upstream.
+#
+# When to use what:
+# - Regular (presumably non-modular) build: use neither (the default in Fedora)
+# - Early bootstrapping build that is not intended to be shipped:
+#     use --with=bootstrap; this will bundle deps and add `~bootstrap` release suffix
+# - Build with some dependencies not avalaible in necessary versions (i.e. module build):
+#     use --with=bundled; will bundle deps, but do not add the suffix
+#
+# create bootstrapping build with bundled deps and extra release suffix
 %bcond_with bootstrap
+# bundle dependencies that are not available as Fedora modules
+%if %{with bootstrap}
+%bcond_without bundled
+%else
+%bcond_with bundled
+%endif
+
 %bcond_without python3_fixup
 
 # == Master Relase ==
@@ -188,14 +204,14 @@ BuildRequires: chrpath
 BuildRequires: libatomic
 BuildRequires: systemtap-sdt-devel
 
-%if %{with bootstrap}
+%if %{with bundled}
 Provides:      bundled(libuv) = %{libuv_version}
 %else
 BuildRequires: libuv-devel >= 1:%{libuv_version}
 Requires:      libuv >= 1:%{libuv_version}
 %endif
 
-%if %{with bootstrap}
+%if %{with bundled}
 Provides:      bundled(nghttp2) = %{nghttp2_version}
 %else
 BuildRequires: libnghttp2-devel >= %{nghttp2_version}
@@ -292,7 +308,7 @@ Requires: zlib-devel%{?_isa}
 Requires: brotli-devel%{?_isa}
 Requires: nodejs-packaging
 
-%if %{without bootstrap}
+%if %{without bundled}
 Requires: libuv-devel%{?_isa}
 %endif
 
@@ -394,8 +410,8 @@ export LDFLAGS="%{build_ldflags}"
            --shared-openssl \
            --shared-zlib \
            --shared-brotli \
-           %{!?with_bootstrap:--shared-libuv} \
-           %{!?with_bootstrap:--shared-nghttp2} \
+           %{!?with_bundled:--shared-libuv} \
+           %{!?with_bundled:--shared-nghttp2} \
            --with-dtrace \
            --with-intl=small-icu \
            --with-icu-default-data-dir=%{icudatadir} \
@@ -682,6 +698,7 @@ end
 * Mon Apr 25 2022 Jan Staněk <jstanek@redhat.com> - 1:16.14.0-5
 - Unify configure calls into single command
 - Refactor bootstrap-related parts
+- Decouple dependency bundling from bootstrapping
 
 * Mon Apr 11 2022 Zuzana Svetlikova <zsvetlik@redhat.com> - 1:16.14.0-4
 - Apply lock file validation fixes