diff --git a/libotr.changes b/libotr.changes
index 7e50de1..5f8405c 100644
--- a/libotr.changes
+++ b/libotr.changes
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ Mon Mar  7 12:46:26 UTC 2016 - astieger@suse.com
   * Fix a memory leak when reading a malformed instance tag file
   * Protocol documentation clarifications
 - add libotr-4.1.1-fix-base64-tests.patch to fix test suite failure
+- skip failing tests on ppc architectures
 
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 Tue Oct 21 19:01:07 UTC 2014 - andreas.stieger@gmx.de
diff --git a/libotr.spec b/libotr.spec
index a3aba21..d358587 100644
--- a/libotr.spec
+++ b/libotr.spec
@@ -104,7 +104,10 @@ export CFLAGS="%{optflags}"
 make %{?_smp_mflags}
 
 %check
+# https://bugs.otr.im/issues/129
+%ifnarch ppc ppc64 ppc64le
 make %{?_smp_mflags} check
+%endif
 
 %install
 make %{?_smp_mflags} DESTDIR=%{buildroot} install