diff --git a/perl-ExtUtils-MakeMaker.spec b/perl-ExtUtils-MakeMaker.spec
index 795a50f..d97f9f6 100644
--- a/perl-ExtUtils-MakeMaker.spec
+++ b/perl-ExtUtils-MakeMaker.spec
@@ -88,7 +88,9 @@ Requires:       perl(Data::Dumper)
 Requires:       perl(DynaLoader)
 # Encode is needed for producing POD with =encoding statement correctly
 Requires:       perl(Encode)
+%if !%{defined perl_bootstrap}
 Recommends:     perl(Encode::Locale)
+%endif
 Requires:       perl(ExtUtils::Command) >= 1.19
 Requires:       perl(ExtUtils::Install) >= 1.54
 Requires:       perl(ExtUtils::Manifest) >= 1.70
@@ -206,6 +208,7 @@ make test
 %changelog
 * Mon Dec 18 2017 Petr Pisar <ppisar@redhat.com> - 1:7.30-3
 - Rebase patches
+- Do not recommend non-core Encode::Locale on bootstrapping
 
 * Thu Jul 27 2017 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 1:7.30-2
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_27_Mass_Rebuild