diff --git a/crun.changes b/crun.changes
index c15b7bb..1465c81 100644
--- a/crun.changes
+++ b/crun.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Aug 23 15:22:18 UTC 2021 - Dario Faggioli <dfaggioli@suse.com>
+
+- make libkrun support conditional, so we can have crun (without
+  libkrun, of course) on all arches, which may help with
+  bsc#1188914.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Aug  6 13:37:49 UTC 2021 - Frederic Crozat <fcrozat@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/crun.spec b/crun.spec
index ca7fdd8..c55116a 100644
--- a/crun.spec
+++ b/crun.spec
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ Release:        0
 Source0:        https://github.com/containers/crun/releases/download/%{version}/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
 Source1:        crun-rpmlintrc
 URL:            https://github.com/containers/crun
-ExclusiveArch:  x86_64 aarch64
 # We always run autogen.sh
 BuildRequires:  autoconf
 BuildRequires:  automake
@@ -33,7 +32,6 @@ BuildRequires:  git-core
 BuildRequires:  glibc-devel-static
 BuildRequires:  go-md2man
 BuildRequires:  libcap-devel
-BuildRequires:  libkrun >= 0.1.4
 BuildRequires:  libseccomp-devel
 BuildRequires:  libselinux-devel
 BuildRequires:  libtool
@@ -44,7 +42,10 @@ BuildRequires:  systemd-devel
 %ifnarch %ix86
 BuildRequires:  criu-devel >= 3.15
 %endif
+%ifarch x86_64 aarch64
+BuildRequires:  libkrun >= 0.1.4
 Requires:       libkrun >= 0.1.7
+%endif
 
 %description
 crun is a runtime for running OCI containers. It is built with libkrun support
@@ -53,15 +54,20 @@ crun is a runtime for running OCI containers. It is built with libkrun support
 %autosetup -p1
 
 %build
+%ifarch x86_64 aarch64
+export LIBKRUN="--with-libkrun"
+%endif
 ./autogen.sh
-%configure --disable-silent-rules --with-libkrun CFLAGS='-I /usr/include/libseccomp'
+%configure --disable-silent-rules $LIBKRUN CFLAGS='-I /usr/include/libseccomp'
 %make_build
 
 %install
 %make_install
 rm -rf %{buildroot}/%{_libdir}/lib*
+%ifarch x86_64 aarch64
 # allow easy krun usage with podman
 ln -s %{_bindir}/crun %{buildroot}%{_bindir}/krun
+%endif
 
 %files
 %defattr(-,root,root)
@@ -69,7 +75,9 @@ ln -s %{_bindir}/crun %{buildroot}%{_bindir}/krun
 %doc README.md
 %doc SECURITY.md
 %{_bindir}/%{name}
+%ifarch x86_64 aarch64
 %{_bindir}/krun
+%endif
 %{_mandir}/man1/*
 
 %changelog