diff --git a/libosmo-abis.changes b/libosmo-abis.changes
index 1f61d6a..c41ca73 100644
--- a/libosmo-abis.changes
+++ b/libosmo-abis.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Mar 11 01:55:24 CET 2016 - ro@suse.de
+
+- add ExcludeArch to follow libosmocore
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Jan 22 19:08:57 UTC 2016 - jengelh@inai.de
 
diff --git a/libosmo-abis.spec b/libosmo-abis.spec
index d58e35d..5c7ae3e 100644
--- a/libosmo-abis.spec
+++ b/libosmo-abis.spec
@@ -40,6 +40,10 @@ BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libosmocore) >= 0.3.0
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libosmogsm) >= 0.3.10
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libosmovty) >= 0.3.0
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(ortp) >= 0.13.1
+# follow arch limitations for libosmocore
+# do not try to build for big-endian archs
+# as suggested by http://lists.osmocom.org/pipermail/baseband-devel/2015-February/000022.html
+ExcludeArch:    ppc ppc64 ppc64p7 mips mips64 %sparc s390 s390x
 
 %description
 In GSM, A-bis is a BSS-internal interface link between the BTS and