diff --git a/python-urllib3.spec b/python-urllib3.spec
index 1a072df..1b28ed5 100644
--- a/python-urllib3.spec
+++ b/python-urllib3.spec
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 # When bootstrapping Python, we cannot test this yet
-# RHEL does not include the test dependencies
+# RHEL does not include the test dependencies and the dependencies for extras 
 %if 0%{?rhel}
 %bcond_with tests
+%bcond_with extras
 %else
 %bcond_without tests
+%bcond_without extras
 %endif
 
 Name:           python-urllib3
@@ -76,18 +78,22 @@ Requires:       %{py3_dist idna}
 # grep __version__ src/urllib3/packages/six.py
 Provides:       bundled(python3dist(six)) = 1.16.0
 
+%if %{with extras}
 # There has historically been a manual hard dependency on python3-pysocks;
 # since bringing it in is the sole function of python3-urllib3+socks,
 # we recommend it, so it is installed by default.
 Recommends:     python3-urllib3+socks
+%endif
 
 %description -n python3-urllib3 %{_description}
 
 
+%if %{with extras}
 # We do NOT package the “secure” extra because it is deprecated; see:
 # “Deprecate the pyOpenSSL TLS implementation and [secure] extra”
 # https://github.com/urllib3/urllib3/issues/2680
 %pyproject_extras_subpkg -n python3-urllib3 brotli socks
+%endif
 
 
 %prep
@@ -119,7 +125,7 @@ sed -i -e 's/^import mock/from unittest import mock/' \
 %generate_buildrequires
 # Generate BR’s from packaged extras even when tests are disabled, to ensure
 # the extras metapackages are installable if the build succeeds.
-%pyproject_buildrequires -x brotli,socks
+%pyproject_buildrequires %{?with_extras:-x brotli,socks}
 
 
 %build