diff --git a/rdkit.spec b/rdkit.spec
index 563c83c..ea6c61a 100644
--- a/rdkit.spec
+++ b/rdkit.spec
@@ -206,6 +206,7 @@ chrpath -d librdkit.so
 popd
 
 %if 0%{?fedora}
+%if 0%{with_docs}
 # Documentation (does not currently build on EPEL)
 export RDBASE=%{_builddir}/%{rootdir}/python2
 pushd rdkit
@@ -219,6 +220,7 @@ make latexpdf
 popd
 popd
 %endif
+%endif
 
 %if 0%{?fedora}
 # Python 3 build