diff --git a/python-zope-interface.spec b/python-zope-interface.spec
index d4dae17..d1caf89 100644
--- a/python-zope-interface.spec
+++ b/python-zope-interface.spec
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+%bcond_without docs
+
 # Install doc subpackage files into the main package doc directory
 %global _docdir_fmt %{name}
 
@@ -22,9 +24,6 @@ Summary:	Zope 3 Interface Infrastructure
 BuildRequires:  gcc
 BuildRequires:  make
 BuildRequires:  python3-devel
-BuildRequires:  python3-docs
-BuildRequires:  %{py3_dist sphinx}
-BuildRequires:  %{py3_dist repoze-sphinx-autointerface}
 
 %description -n python3-zope-interface
 Interfaces are a mechanism for labeling objects as conforming to a given API
@@ -32,12 +31,17 @@ or contract.
 
 This is a separate distribution of the zope.interface package used in Zope 3.
 
+%if %{with docs}
 %package doc
 Summary:        Documentation for zope.interface
 BuildArch:      noarch
+BuildRequires:  python3-docs
+BuildRequires:  %{py3_dist sphinx}
+BuildRequires:  %{py3_dist repoze-sphinx-autointerface}
 
 %description doc
 Documentation for %{name}.
+%endif
 
 %prep
 %autosetup -n zope.interface-%{version}
@@ -54,9 +58,11 @@ sed -i "s|\('https://docs\.python\.org/': \)None|\1'%{_docdir}/python3-docs/html
 %build
 %pyproject_wheel
 
+%if %{with docs}
 # build the sphinx documents
 PYTHONPATH=$PWD/src make -C docs html
 rm -f docs/_build/html/.buildinfo
+%endif
 
 %install
 %pyproject_install
@@ -81,8 +87,10 @@ popd
 %{python3_sitearch}/zope.interface-*.dist-info
 %{python3_sitearch}/zope.interface-*-nspkg.pth
 
+%if %{with docs}
 %files doc
 %doc docs/_build/html/
+%endif
 
 %changelog
 * Wed Sep  8 2021 Jerry James <loganjerry@gmail.com> - 5.4.0-4