diff --git a/ocserv.spec b/ocserv.spec
index 79213fb..7b1ebcf 100644
--- a/ocserv.spec
+++ b/ocserv.spec
@@ -17,6 +17,13 @@ Release: 2%{?dist}
 %define use_libwrap 1
 %endif
 
+%if 0%{?rhel} && 0%{?rhel} == 8
+%define use_http_parser 0
+%define use_geoip 0
+%else
+%define use_geoip 1
+%endif
+
 %define use_local_protobuf 0
 
 Name:		ocserv
@@ -61,7 +68,10 @@ BuildRequires:	gperf
 BuildRequires:	pcllib-devel
 BuildRequires:	libtalloc-devel
 BuildRequires:	libev-devel
+%if %{use_http_parser}
 BuildRequires:	http-parser-devel
+%endif
+
 %if %{use_libwrap}
 BuildRequires:	tcp_wrappers-devel
 %endif
@@ -69,7 +79,9 @@ BuildRequires:	automake, autoconf
 BuildRequires:	radcli-devel
 BuildRequires:	lz4-devel
 BuildRequires:	readline-devel
+%if %{use_geoip}
 BuildRequires:	GeoIP-devel
+%endif
 
 %if %{use_systemd}
 BuildRequires:	systemd
@@ -92,7 +104,7 @@ BuildRequires:	libseccomp-devel
 %endif #use systemd
 
 # no rubygem in epel7
-%if 0%{?fedora} || 0%{?rhel} > 7
+%if 0%{?fedora}
 BuildRequires:	rubygem(ronn)
 %endif
 
@@ -128,7 +140,9 @@ gpgv2 --keyring %{SOURCE2} %{SOURCE1} %{SOURCE0} || gpgv2 --keyring %{SOURCE10}
 
 %autosetup -p1
 
+%if %{use_http_parser}
 rm -f src/http-parser/http_parser.c src/http-parser/http_parser.h
+%endif
 %if (0%{?use_local_protobuf} == 0)
 rm -rf src/protobuf/protobuf-c/
 touch src/*.proto
@@ -165,6 +179,9 @@ autoreconf -fvi
 %if %{use_local_protobuf}
 	--without-protobuf \
 %endif
+%if ! %{use_http_parser}
+	--without-http-parser \
+%endif
 %if %{use_libwrap}
 	--with-libwrap
 %else