diff --git a/build-compare.changes b/build-compare.changes
index a4146d7..93e0647 100644
--- a/build-compare.changes
+++ b/build-compare.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sat Feb  7 21:05:30 CET 2009 - coolo@suse.de
+
+- fix handling of -32bit and -64bit
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sat Feb  7 14:58:48 CET 2009 - coolo@suse.de
 
diff --git a/build-compare.spec b/build-compare.spec
index 37eb920..c571fcc 100644
--- a/build-compare.spec
+++ b/build-compare.spec
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ Group:          Development/Tools/Building
 AutoReqProv:    on
 Summary:        Build Result Compare Script
 Version:        2009.01.27
-Release:        5
+Release:        6
 Source:         same-build-result.sh
 Source1:        rpm-check.sh
 Source2:        COPYING
@@ -55,6 +55,8 @@ install -m 0644 %SOURCE2 $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%_defaultdocdir/%name/
 
 %changelog
 * Sat Feb 07 2009 coolo@suse.de
+- fix handling of -32bit and -64bit
+* Sat Feb 07 2009 coolo@suse.de
 - fix command line order
 * Fri Feb 06 2009 coolo@suse.de
 - use --no-show-raw-insn for objdump -d
diff --git a/same-build-result.sh b/same-build-result.sh
index 626ed68..989a3b8 100644
--- a/same-build-result.sh
+++ b/same-build-result.sh
@@ -48,8 +48,10 @@ fi
 echo "compare $osrpm $nsrpm"
 bash $CMPSCRIPT "$osrpm" "$nsrpm" || exit 1
 
-OLDRPMS=($(find "$OLDDIR" -name \*rpm -a ! -name \*src.rpm|sort))
-NEWRPMS=($(find $NEWDIRS -name \*rpm -a ! -name \*src.rpm|sort))
+# technically we should not all exclude all -32bit but filter for different archs, but it would be better
+# if this script ran earlier in the build
+OLDRPMS=($(find "$OLDDIR" -name \*rpm -a ! -name \*src.rpm|sort|grep -v -- -32bit|grep -v -- -64bit|grep -v -- -x86))
+NEWRPMS=($(find $NEWDIRS -name \*rpm -a ! -name \*src.rpm|sort|grep -v -- -32bit|grep -v -- -64bit|grep -v -- -x86))
 
 rpmqp='rpm -qp --qf %{NAME} --nodigest --nosignature '
 for opac in ${OLDRPMS[*]}; do