diff --git a/chromium.spec b/chromium.spec
index 7feebf1..9f7289a 100644
--- a/chromium.spec
+++ b/chromium.spec
@@ -48,11 +48,18 @@
 
 # We'd like to always have this on...
 # ... but the libva in EL7 (and EL8) is too old.
+# ... and EL9 doesn't ship libva-devel on aarch64?
 %if 0%{?rhel} == 7 || 0%{?rhel} == 8
 %global use_vaapi 0
 %else
+%if 0%{?rhel} == 9
+%ifarch aarch64
+%global use_vaapi 0
+%endif
+%else
 %global use_vaapi 1
 %endif
+%endif
 
 # Seems like we might need this sometimes
 # Practically, no. But it's here in case we do.
@@ -539,7 +546,9 @@ BuildRequires:	libudev-devel
 Requires:	libusbx >= 1.0.21-0.1.git448584a
 BuildRequires:	libusbx-devel >= 1.0.21-0.1.git448584a
 %endif
+%if 0%{?use_vaapi}
 BuildRequires:	libva-devel
+%endif
 # We don't use libvpx anymore because Chromium loves to
 # use bleeding edge revisions here that break other things
 # ... so we just use the bundled libvpx.