diff --git a/OpenShadingLanguage.changes b/OpenShadingLanguage.changes
index 6db8c02..f1a9cea 100644
--- a/OpenShadingLanguage.changes
+++ b/OpenShadingLanguage.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Apr  8 07:42:38 UTC 2022 - Guillaume GARDET <guillaume.gardet@opensuse.org>
+
+- Disable partio on armv6/armv7 since it fails to build
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Dec 22 09:32:50 UTC 2021 - Hans-Peter Jansen <hpj@urpla.net>
 
diff --git a/OpenShadingLanguage.spec b/OpenShadingLanguage.spec
index 12d9a91..8ff9c3b 100644
--- a/OpenShadingLanguage.spec
+++ b/OpenShadingLanguage.spec
@@ -45,7 +45,10 @@ BuildRequires:  gcc-c++
 BuildRequires:  libboost_filesystem-devel
 BuildRequires:  libboost_system-devel
 BuildRequires:  libboost_thread-devel
+%ifnarch %{arm}
+# Build fails with partio on armv7/armv6
 BuildRequires:  partio-devel
+%endif
 BuildRequires:  pkg-config
 BuildRequires:  python3-devel
 BuildRequires:  python3-pybind11-devel