diff --git a/virtualbox.changes b/virtualbox.changes
index 0ea79de..bc528b7 100644
--- a/virtualbox.changes
+++ b/virtualbox.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Jun 19 07:43:42 UTC 2018 - msuchanek@suse.com
+
+- Use %{?linux_make_arch} when building kernel modules (boo#1098050).
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sat May 26 21:24:55 UTC 2018 - Larry.Finger@gmail.com
 
diff --git a/virtualbox.spec b/virtualbox.spec
index 099910b..17e9d4b 100644
--- a/virtualbox.spec
+++ b/virtualbox.spec
@@ -525,7 +525,7 @@ for vbox_module in out/linux.*/release/bin/src/vbox{drv,netflt,netadp,pci} \
 	          $PWD/modules_build_dir/$flavor/$module_name
 	fi
 	# build the module for the specific flavor
-	make -j2 -C %{_prefix}/src/linux-obj/%{_target_cpu}/$flavor modules \
+	make -j2 -C %{_prefix}/src/linux-obj/%{_target_cpu}/$flavor %{?linux_make_arch} modules \
 		M=$PWD/modules_build_dir/$flavor/$module_name
     done
 done