diff --git a/php.spec b/php.spec
index 7c50eb7..349f506 100644
--- a/php.spec
+++ b/php.spec
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 %global with_firebird   0
 %global with_imap       0
 %global with_freetds    0
-%global with_sodium     0
+%global with_sodium     1
 %global with_pspell     0
 %global upver           8.1.10
 
@@ -453,7 +453,7 @@ support for using the enchant library to PHP.
 %package sodium
 Summary: Wrapper for the Sodium cryptographic library
 License: PHP
-BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libsodium) >= 1.0.9
+BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libsodium) >= 1.0.8
 
 Requires: php-common%{?_isa} = %{version}-%{release}
 Obsoletes: php-pecl-libsodium2 < 3