diff --git a/libvirt.spec b/libvirt.spec
index 85efd43..d2eb037 100644
--- a/libvirt.spec
+++ b/libvirt.spec
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@
 %endif
 
 # A few optional bits off by default, we enable later
+%define with_polkit        0%{!?_without_polkit:1}
 %define with_fuse          0%{!?_without_fuse:0}
 %define with_cgconfig      0%{!?_without_cgconfig:0}
 %define with_sanlock       0%{!?_without_sanlock:0}
@@ -361,6 +362,7 @@ BuildRequires: radvd
 BuildRequires: ebtables
 BuildRequires: module-init-tools
 BuildRequires: cyrus-sasl-devel
+%if %{with_polkit}
 %if 0%{?fedora} || 0%{?rhel} >= 7
 # F22 polkit-devel doesn't pull in polkit anymore, which we need for pkcheck
 BuildRequires: polkit >= 0.112
@@ -368,6 +370,7 @@ BuildRequires: polkit-devel >= 0.112
 %else
 BuildRequires: polkit-devel >= 0.93
 %endif
+%endif
 # For mount/umount in FS driver
 BuildRequires: util-linux
 %if %{with_qemu}
@@ -502,11 +505,13 @@ Requires: module-init-tools
 # for /sbin/ip & /sbin/tc
 Requires: iproute
 Requires: avahi-libs
+%if %{with_polkit}
 %if 0%{?fedora} || 0%{?rhel} >= 7
 Requires: polkit >= 0.112
 %else
 Requires: polkit >= 0.93
 %endif
+%endif
 %if %{with_cgconfig}
 Requires: libcgroup
 %endif
@@ -1193,6 +1198,12 @@ exit 1
     %define arg_libxl --without-libxl
 %endif
 
+%if %{with_polkit}
+    %define arg_polkit --with-polkit
+%else
+    %define arg_polkit --without-polkit
+%endif
+
 %if %{with_phyp}
     %define arg_phyp --with-phyp
 %else
@@ -1336,7 +1347,7 @@ rm -f po/stamp-po
            %{?arg_libxl} \
            --with-sasl \
            --with-avahi \
-           --with-polkit \
+           %{?arg_polkit} \
            --with-libvirtd \
            %{?arg_uml} \
            %{?arg_phyp} \
@@ -1858,9 +1869,11 @@ exit 0
 %{_datadir}/augeas/lenses/tests/test_libvirt_lockd.aug
 %endif
 
+%if %{with_polkit}
 %{_datadir}/polkit-1/actions/org.libvirt.unix.policy
 %{_datadir}/polkit-1/actions/org.libvirt.api.policy
 %{_datadir}/polkit-1/rules.d/50-libvirt.rules
+%endif
 
 %dir %attr(0700, root, root) %{_localstatedir}/log/libvirt/
 
@@ -1875,7 +1888,9 @@ exit 0
 %{_mandir}/man8/virtlockd.8*
 %{_mandir}/man7/virkey*.7*
 
+%if %{with_polkit}
 %doc examples/polkit/*.rules
+%endif
 
 %files daemon-config-network
 %dir %{_datadir}/libvirt/networks/