diff --git a/autoconf.spec b/autoconf.spec
index e273b58..8ca1d80 100644
--- a/autoconf.spec
+++ b/autoconf.spec
@@ -14,13 +14,16 @@ BuildArch:  noarch
 
 
 # run "make check" by default
-%bcond_without check
+%bcond_with check
+%bcond_without bootstrap
 
 # m4 >= 1.4.6 is required, >= 1.4.14 is recommended:
 BuildRequires:      m4 >= 1.4.14
 Requires:           m4 >= 1.4.14
 Requires:           emacs-filesystem
+%if %{without bootstrap}
 BuildRequires:      emacs
+%endif
 # the filtering macros are currently in /etc/rpm/macros.perl:
 BuildRequires:      perl-generators
 BuildRequires:      perl-macros
@@ -28,10 +31,12 @@ BuildRequires:      perl(Data::Dumper)
 # from f19, Text::ParseWords is not the part of 'perl' package
 BuildRequires:      perl(Text::ParseWords)
 
+%if %{without bootstrap}
 # %%configure replaces config.guess/config.sub for us, which confuses autoconf
 # build system and it produces empty man pages for those scripts if help2man is
 # not installed
 BuildRequires:      help2man
+%endif
 
 %if %{with check}
 # For extended testsuite coverage