diff --git a/misc/moreutils/README b/misc/moreutils/README
index 793048affb..3a234765a3 100644
--- a/misc/moreutils/README
+++ b/misc/moreutils/README
@@ -1,4 +1,10 @@
 moreutils is a growing collection of the unix tools that nobody
 thought to write long ago when unix was young.
 
-This package conflicts with system/parallel.
+perl-IPC-Run is an optional dependency, if it's missing chronic will
+not be installed.
+
+This package conflicts with system/parallel so moreutils version of
+parallel is not installed by default. To install it:
+
+  PARALLEL=yes ./moreutils.SlackBuild
diff --git a/misc/moreutils/moreutils.SlackBuild b/misc/moreutils/moreutils.SlackBuild
index 077644d309..9a441d49bb 100644
--- a/misc/moreutils/moreutils.SlackBuild
+++ b/misc/moreutils/moreutils.SlackBuild
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 
 PRGNAM=moreutils
 VERSION=${VERSION:-0.63}
-BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
+BUILD=${BUILD:-2}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 
 if [ -z "$ARCH" ]; then
@@ -77,6 +77,14 @@ mkdir $PKG/usr/man
 mv $PKG/usr/share/man/* $PKG/usr/man
 rm -rf $PKG/usr/share/ $PKG/usr/man/man1/ts.1
 
+if [ "${PARALLEL:-yes}" = "no" ]; then
+  rm -f $PKG/usr/bin/parallel $PKG/usr/man/man1/parallel.1
+fi
+
+if ! perl -MIPC::Run -e 1 2>/dev/null; then
+  rm -f $PKG/usr/bin/chronic $PKG/usr/man/man1/chronic.1
+fi
+
 find $PKG -print0 | xargs -0 file | grep -e "executable" -e "shared object" | grep ELF \
   | cut -f 1 -d : | xargs strip --strip-unneeded 2> /dev/null || true
 
diff --git a/misc/moreutils/moreutils.info b/misc/moreutils/moreutils.info
index aee85fab27..d2a7785da8 100644
--- a/misc/moreutils/moreutils.info
+++ b/misc/moreutils/moreutils.info
@@ -5,6 +5,6 @@ DOWNLOAD="http://drabczyk.org/moreutils-0.63.tar.gz"
 MD5SUM="0af12becbed31dc5d57c4a880ef398fc"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
-REQUIRES="perl-IPC-Run"
+REQUIRES=""
 MAINTAINER="Arkadiusz Drabczyk"
 EMAIL="arkadiusz@drabczyk.org"