diff --git a/build/CMakeLists.txt b/build/CMakeLists.txt
index 3b9528e6..9cc8f8b2 100644
--- a/build/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/build/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ option(WITH_LIBRARY         "Build library"                           ON)
 option(WITH_BINARY          "Build binary"                            ON)
 option(WITH_STATIC          "Static build"                            OFF)
 option(WITH_UPNP            "Include support for UPnP client"         OFF)
+option(WITH_TORRENTS        "Include torrent client"                  ON)
 option(WITH_GIT_VERSION     "Use git commit info as version"          OFF)
 option(WITH_ADDRSANITIZER   "Build with address sanitizer unix only"  OFF)
 option(WITH_THREADSANITIZER "Build with thread sanitizer unix only"   OFF)
@@ -147,6 +148,10 @@ if(WITH_UPNP)
   add_definitions(-DUSE_UPNP)
 endif()
 
+if(NOT WITH_TORRENTS)
+  add_definitions(-DNO_TORRENTS)
+endif()
+
 if(WITH_GIT_VERSION)
   include(GetGitRevisionDescription)
   git_describe(GIT_VERSION)
@@ -302,11 +307,11 @@ endif()
 
 if(Boost_json_FOUND AND NOT WITH_STATIC)
   add_definitions(-DBOOST_JSON_DYN_LINK)
-endif() 
+endif()
 
 if(Boost_url_FOUND AND NOT WITH_STATIC)
   add_definitions(-DBOOST_URL_DYN_LINK)
-endif() 
+endif()
 
 find_package(OpenSSL REQUIRED)
 if(NOT DEFINED OPENSSL_FOUND)
diff --git a/contrib/rpm/i2pd-git.spec b/contrib/rpm/i2pd-git.spec
index d933e5a2..b4d628f7 100644
--- a/contrib/rpm/i2pd-git.spec
+++ b/contrib/rpm/i2pd-git.spec
@@ -27,6 +27,14 @@ BuildRequires: systemd-units
 BuildRequires: openssl-devel-engine
 %endif
 
+%if 0%{?rhel} <= 9 || 0%{?fedora} <= 43
+BuildRequires: boost-json
+%endif
+
+%if 0%{?fedora} <= 43
+BuildRequires: boost-url
+%endif
+
 Requires:      logrotate
 Requires:      systemd
 Requires(pre): %{_sbindir}/useradd %{_sbindir}/groupadd
@@ -46,6 +54,9 @@ cd build
   -DWITH_LIBRARY=OFF \
   -DWITH_UPNP=ON \
   -DWITH_HARDENING=ON \
+%if 0%{?rhel} <= 9
+  -DWITH_TORRENTS=OFF
+%endif
 %if 0%{?fedora} > 29
   -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS:BOOL=OFF \
   .