diff --git a/libosmo-netif.changes b/libosmo-netif.changes
index 09714d1..67eba33 100644
--- a/libosmo-netif.changes
+++ b/libosmo-netif.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Mar 11 01:55:27 CET 2016 - ro@suse.de
+
+- add ExcludeArch to follow libosmocore
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Jan 26 12:06:24 UTC 2016 - jengelh@inai.de
 
diff --git a/libosmo-netif.spec b/libosmo-netif.spec
index 81ba3d6..ef3433d 100644
--- a/libosmo-netif.spec
+++ b/libosmo-netif.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package libosmo-netif
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2013 SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
+# Copyright (c) 2016 SUSE LINUX GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -18,10 +18,10 @@
 
 Name:           libosmo-netif
 Summary:        Osmocom library for muxed audio
-Version:        0.0.6.8
-Release:        0
 License:        AGPL-3.0+ and GPL-2.0+
 Group:          Productivity/Telephony/Utilities
+Version:        0.0.6.8
+Release:        0
 Url:            http://openbsc.osmocom.org/trac/
 
 #Git-Clone:	git://git.osmocom.org/libosmo-netif
@@ -42,6 +42,10 @@ BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libosmocore) >= 0.3.0
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libosmogsm) >= 0.3.0
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libosmovty) >= 0.3.0
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(ortp) >= 0.15.0
+# 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
 Network interface demuxer library for OsmoCom projects.