diff --git a/sparse.spec b/sparse.spec
index 4e646d0..72dd4ca 100644
--- a/sparse.spec
+++ b/sparse.spec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Name: sparse
 Version: 0.5.0
-Release: 8%{?dist}
+Release: 9%{?dist}
 Summary:    A semantic parser of source files
 Group:      Development/Tools
 License:    MIT
@@ -49,16 +49,17 @@ make DESTDIR="%{buildroot}" PREFIX="%{_prefix}" \\\
 %{nil}
 
 %build
-%make_destdir %{?_smp_mflags} CFLAGS="%{optflags} -Wwrite-strings -DGCC_BASE=\\\"`gcc --print-file-name=`\\\""
+%make_destdir %{?_smp_mflags} CFLAGS="%{optflags} -Wwrite-strings -DGCC_BASE=\\\"`gcc --print-file-name=`\\\"" \
+    HAVE_LLVM=no
 
 %install
 rm -rf %{buildroot}
 mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{_bindir}
 mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{_libdir}
-%make_destdir install
+%make_destdir install HAVE_LLVM=no
 
 %check
-make check
+make check HAVE_LLVM=no
 
 %clean
 rm -rf %{buildroot}
@@ -81,6 +82,9 @@ make clean
 %{_libdir}/pkgconfig/%{name}.pc
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Nov 14 2016 Kamil Dudka <kdudka@redhat.com> - 0.5.0-8
+- avoid unnecessary build failure if llvm-devel is installed (bz# 1186794)
+
 * Mon Nov 14 2016 Jeff Layton <jlayton@redhat.com> - 0.5.0-8
 - Fix storage_modifiers handling of SForced (bz# 1109560)