diff --git a/gdb.spec b/gdb.spec
index eb9d52730f883b142537c780425e0a380bcf968f..1db7842aa769805e90f209c21f1d7dab546151be 100644
--- a/gdb.spec
+++ b/gdb.spec
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
+%bcond_with guile
 Name: gdb
 Version: 14.1
-Release: 3
+Release: 4
 
 License: GPLv3+ and GPLv3+ with exceptions and GPLv2+ and GPLv2+ with exceptions and GPL+ and LGPLv2+ and LGPLv3+ and BSD and Public Domain and GFDL-1.3
 Source: https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gdb/gdb-%{version}.tar.xz
@@ -101,7 +102,10 @@ BuildRequires: readline-devel >= 6.2-4
 BuildRequires: gcc-c++ ncurses-devel texinfo gettext flex bison
 BuildRequires: expat-devel xz-devel rpm-devel zlib-devel libselinux-devel
 BuildRequires: python3-devel texinfo-tex
-BuildRequires: perl-podlators libbabeltrace-devel guile-devel mpfr-devel gmp-devel
+BuildRequires: perl-podlators libbabeltrace-devel mpfr-devel gmp-devel
+%if %{with guile}
+BuildRequires: guile-devel
+%endif
 %ifarch %{ix86} x86_64
 BuildRequires: libipt-devel
 %endif
@@ -185,7 +189,11 @@ export CXXFLAGS="$CFLAGS"
 	--without-stage1-ldflags				\
 	--disable-libmcheck					\
 	--with-babeltrace					\
+%if %{with guile}
 	--with-guile						\
+%else
+	--without-guile						\
+%endif
 	--with-system-readline					\
 	--with-expat						\
 	--without-libexpat-prefix				\
@@ -332,9 +340,13 @@ rm -f $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_datadir}/gdb/python/gdb/command/backtrace.py
 %doc %{gdb_build}/gdb/doc/{gdb,annotate}.{html,pdf}
 %{_infodir}/annotate.info*
 %{_infodir}/gdb.info*
-%{_infodir}/ctf-spec.info.gz
+%{_infodir}/ctf-spec.info*
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Aug 06 2024 Funda Wang <fundawang@yeah.net> - 14.1-4
+- make guile requirment conditioned
+- bootstrap build without guile
+
 * Thu Jun 13 2024 wangxiao <wangxiao184@h-partners.com> - 14.1-3
 - modify gdb-help package's license GFDL to GFDL-1.3-or-later