diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 00fd0c83..fe9383f1 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ NAME = tuned
 BUILD = release
 # which config to use in mock-build target
 MOCK_CONFIG = rhel-7-x86_64
+# Allow users to build tuned without gui
+INSTALL_GUI ?= 1
 # scratch-build for triggering Jenkins
 SCRATCH_BUILD_TARGET = rhel-7.5-candidate
 VERSION = $(shell awk '/^Version:/ {print $$2}' tuned.spec)
@@ -74,8 +76,10 @@ release-cp: release-dir
 	cp -a tuned.py tuned.spec tuned.service tuned.tmpfiles Makefile tuned-adm.py \
 		tuned-adm.bash dbus.conf recommend.conf tuned-main.conf 00_tuned \
 		92-tuned.install bootcmdline modules.conf com.redhat.tuned.policy \
-		tuned-gui.py tuned-gui.glade tuned-ppd.py \
-		tuned-gui.desktop functions compile_plugin_docs.py $(VERSIONED_NAME)
+		tuned-ppd.py functions compile_plugin_docs.py $(VERSIONED_NAME)
+	ifeq ($(INSTALL_GUI),1)
+		cp -a tuned-gui.py tuned-gui.glade tuned-gui.desktop $(VERSIONED_NAME)
+	endif
 	cp -a doc experiments libexec man profiles systemtap tuned contrib icons \
 		tests $(VERSIONED_NAME)
 
@@ -153,15 +157,19 @@ install: install-dirs
 	# binaries
 	$(call install_python_script,tuned.py,$(DESTDIR)$(SBINDIR)/tuned)
 	$(call install_python_script,tuned-adm.py,$(DESTDIR)$(SBINDIR)/tuned-adm)
+	ifeq ($(INSTALL_GUI),1)
 	$(call install_python_script,tuned-gui.py,$(DESTDIR)$(SBINDIR)/tuned-gui)
+	endif
 
 	$(foreach file, diskdevstat netdevstat scomes, \
 		install -Dpm 0755 systemtap/$(file) $(DESTDIR)$(SBINDIR)/$(notdir $(file));)
 	$(call install_python_script, \
 		systemtap/varnetload, $(DESTDIR)$(SBINDIR)/varnetload)
 
+	ifeq ($(INSTALL_GUI),1)
 	# glade
 	install -Dpm 0644 tuned-gui.glade $(DESTDIR)$(DATADIR)/tuned/ui/tuned-gui.glade
+	endif
 
 	# tools
 	$(call install_python_script, \
@@ -239,12 +247,14 @@ install: install-dirs
 		$(call install_python_script, \
 			$(file), $(DESTDIR)$(LIBEXECDIR)/tuned/$(notdir $(file))))
 
+	ifeq ($(INSTALL_GUI),1)
 	# icon
 	install -Dpm 0644 icons/tuned.svg $(DESTDIR)$(DATADIR)/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/tuned.svg
 
 	# desktop file
 	install -dD $(DESTDIR)$(DATADIR)/applications
 	desktop-file-install --dir=$(DESTDIR)$(DATADIR)/applications tuned-gui.desktop
+	endif
 
 install-ppd:
 	$(call install_python_script,tuned-ppd.py,$(DESTDIR)$(SBINDIR)/tuned-ppd)
diff --git a/tuned.spec b/tuned.spec
index 87c379e6..3a21d0a0 100644
--- a/tuned.spec
+++ b/tuned.spec
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 %bcond_with snapshot
+%bcond_without gui
 
 %if 0%{?rhel} && 0%{?rhel} < 10
 %global user_profiles_dir %{_sysconfdir}/tuned
@@ -139,6 +140,7 @@ network and ATA harddisk devices are implemented.
 %global docdir %{_docdir}/%{name}
 %endif
 
+%if %{with gui}
 %package gtk
 Summary: GTK GUI for tuned
 Requires: %{name} = %{version}-%{release}
@@ -152,6 +154,7 @@ Requires: pygobject3-base
 
 %description gtk
 GTK GUI that can control tuned and provides simple profile editor.
+%endif
 
 %package utils
 Requires: %{name} = %{version}-%{release}
@@ -299,7 +302,7 @@ to TuneD from power-profiles-daemon (PPD).
 make html %{make_python_arg}
 
 %install
-make install DESTDIR="%{buildroot}" BINDIR="%{_bindir}" SBINDIR="%{_sbindir}" \
+make install INSTALL_GUI="%{?gui}" DESTDIR="%{buildroot}" BINDIR="%{_bindir}" SBINDIR="%{_sbindir}" \
   DOCDIR="%{docdir}" %{make_python_arg} \
   TUNED_USER_PROFILES_DIR="%{user_profiles_dir}" \
   TUNED_SYSTEM_PROFILES_DIR="%{system_profiles_dir}"
@@ -324,8 +327,10 @@ mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{_var}/lib/tuned
 mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/modprobe.d
 touch %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/modprobe.d/kvm.rt.tuned.conf
 
+%if %{with gui}
 # validate desktop file
 desktop-file-validate %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/applications/tuned-gui.desktop
+%endif
 
 # On RHEL-7 EPEL is needed, because there is no python-mock package and
 # python-2.7 doesn't have mock built-in
@@ -526,6 +531,7 @@ fi
 %ghost %{_sysconfdir}/modprobe.d/kvm.rt.tuned.conf
 %{_prefix}/lib/kernel/install.d/92-tuned.install
 
+%if %{with gui}
 %files gtk
 %{_sbindir}/tuned-gui
 %if %{with python3}
@@ -536,6 +542,7 @@ fi
 %{_datadir}/tuned/ui
 %{_datadir}/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/tuned.svg
 %{_datadir}/applications/tuned-gui.desktop
+%endif
 
 %files utils
 %doc COPYING