diff --git a/datamash.changes b/datamash.changes
index b69d758..8fe115d 100644
--- a/datamash.changes
+++ b/datamash.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Sep  4 10:10:24 UTC 2019 - Michel Normand <normand@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
+
+- disable LTO for ppc64 ppc64le aarch64 bypass boo#1149348
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Dec 26 20:05:24 UTC 2018 - astieger@suse.com
 
diff --git a/datamash.spec b/datamash.spec
index e9f30b9..7d4dafe 100644
--- a/datamash.spec
+++ b/datamash.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package datamash
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2018 SUSE LINUX GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
+# Copyright (c) 2019 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
@@ -16,6 +16,11 @@
 #
 
 
+# bypass https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1149348
+%ifarch ppc64le ppc64 aarch64
+%define _lto_cflags %{nil}
+%endif
+
 Name:           datamash
 Version:        1.4
 Release:        0