diff --git a/libvirt.spec.in b/libvirt.spec.in
index 07c7e80c4e..34b481c69e 100644
--- a/libvirt.spec.in
+++ b/libvirt.spec.in
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@
 %define with_sanlock          0
 %define with_numad            0
 %define with_firewalld_zone   0
+%define with_netcf            0
 %define with_libssh2          0
 %define with_wireshark        0
 %define with_libssh           0
@@ -145,6 +146,10 @@
     %define with_firewalld_zone 0%{!?_without_firewalld_zone:1}
 %endif
 
+%if 0%{?fedora} < 34 || 0%{?rhel} < 9
+    %define with_netcf 0%{!?_without_netcf:1}
+%endif
+
 
 # fuse is used to provide virtualized /proc for LXC
 %if %{with_lxc}
@@ -357,8 +362,9 @@ BuildRequires: fuse-devel >= 2.8.6
 %if %{with_libssh2}
 BuildRequires: libssh2-devel >= 1.3.0
 %endif
-
+%if %{with_netcf}
 BuildRequires: netcf-devel >= 0.2.2
+%endif
 %if %{with_esx}
 BuildRequires: libcurl-devel
 %endif
@@ -527,13 +533,13 @@ capabilities.
 Summary: Interface driver plugin for the libvirtd daemon
 Requires: libvirt-daemon = %{version}-%{release}
 Requires: libvirt-libs = %{version}-%{release}
+%if %{with_netcf}
 Requires: netcf-libs >= 0.2.2
+%endif
 
 %description daemon-driver-interface
 The interface driver plugin for the libvirtd daemon, providing
-an implementation of the network interface APIs using the
-netcf library
-
+an implementation of the host network interface APIs.
 
 %package daemon-driver-secret
 Summary: Secret driver plugin for the libvirtd daemon
@@ -1099,6 +1105,12 @@ exit 1
     %define arg_firewalld_zone -Dfirewalld_zone=disabled
 %endif
 
+%if %{with_netcf}
+    %define arg_netcf -Dnetcf=enabled
+%else
+    %define arg_netcf -Dnetcf=disabled
+%endif
+
 %if %{with_wireshark}
     %define arg_wireshark -Dwireshark_dissector=enabled
 %else
@@ -1169,7 +1181,7 @@ export SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH=$(stat --printf='%Y' %{_specdir}/%{name}.spec)
            %{?arg_numad} \
            -Dcapng=enabled \
            %{?arg_fuse} \
-           -Dnetcf=enabled \
+           %{?arg_netcf} \
            -Dselinux=enabled \
            %{?arg_selinux_mount} \
            -Dapparmor=disabled \