diff --git a/policycoreutils.spec b/policycoreutils.spec
index b8a08b3..89373ea 100644
--- a/policycoreutils.spec
+++ b/policycoreutils.spec
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ by python 3 in an SELinux environment.
 Summary: SELinux policy core policy devel utilities
 Requires: policycoreutils-python-utils = %{version}-%{release}
 Requires: /usr/bin/make dnf
-Requires: selinux-policy-devel
+Requires: (selinux-policy-devel if selinux-policy)
 
 %description devel
 The policycoreutils-devel package contains the management tools use to develop policy in an SELinux environment.