diff --git a/cpprest.changes b/cpprest.changes
index 4b0d884..0d75f3f 100644
--- a/cpprest.changes
+++ b/cpprest.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sun Jun 28 13:11:08 UTC 2015 - astieger@suse.com
+
+- fix architecture builds
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Jun 24 10:04:53 UTC 2015 - idonmez@suse.com
 
diff --git a/cpprest.spec b/cpprest.spec
index c3e9295..64c1d42 100644
--- a/cpprest.spec
+++ b/cpprest.spec
@@ -67,7 +67,12 @@ Development files.
 %patch1 -p1
 
 %build
-%cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release ../Release
+%cmake \
+	-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
+%ifarch ppc ppc64 ppc64le aarch64 armv7l
+	-DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS:STRING="%{optflags} -Wno-error=attributes -Wno-error=type-limits -Wno-error=cast-align -Wno-error=deprecated-declarations" \
+%endif
+	../Release
 make %{?_smp_mflags}
 
 %install