diff --git a/rpmbuild/rpm.sh b/rpmbuild/rpm.sh
index 3773c5e99..8e2e3f48c 100755
--- a/rpmbuild/rpm.sh
+++ b/rpmbuild/rpm.sh
@@ -112,6 +112,12 @@ build_macros() {
 		fi
 	fi
 
+	if get_config with-rbd; then
+		macros+=(-D "rbd 1")
+		requirements=${requirements:+$requirements, }"librados2, librbd1"
+		build_requirements=${build_requirements:+$build_requirements, }"librados-devel, librbd-devel"
+	fi
+
 	if get_config libdir has-arg; then
 		macros+=(-D "libdir $(get_config libdir print)")
 	fi
diff --git a/rpmbuild/spdk.spec b/rpmbuild/spdk.spec
index f4cc78939..107de827d 100644
--- a/rpmbuild/spdk.spec
+++ b/rpmbuild/spdk.spec
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 %{!?requirements:%define requirements 0}
 %{!?build_requirements:%define build_requirements 0}
 %{!?shared:%define shared 0}
+%{!?rbd:%define rbd 0}
 %{!?libdir:%define libdir /usr/local/lib}
 %{!?vfio_user:%define vfio_user 0}
 
@@ -76,7 +77,11 @@ cl() {
 }
 
 %if %{deps}
-./scripts/pkgdep.sh --docs --pmem --rdma --uring
+_PKGDEP_OPTS="--docs --pmem --rdma --uring"
+%if %{rbd}
+_PKGDEP_OPTS="$_PKGDEP_OPTS --rbd"
+%endif
+./scripts/pkgdep.sh $_PKGDEP_OPTS
 %endif
 
 # Rely mainly on CONFIG