diff --git a/exempi.changes b/exempi.changes
index cd0e2aa..2c2cb72 100644
--- a/exempi.changes
+++ b/exempi.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sun Feb 26 14:53:26 CET 2012 - dmueller@suse.de
+
+- fix build under qemu 
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Feb 23 17:09:03 UTC 2012 - vuntz@opensuse.org
 
diff --git a/exempi.spec b/exempi.spec
index 71cc2e8..a858680 100644
--- a/exempi.spec
+++ b/exempi.spec
@@ -71,7 +71,9 @@ export CXXFLAGS="$RPM_OPT_FLAGS -fno-strict-aliasing"
 %{__rm} -f %{buildroot}%{_libdir}/*.la
 
 %check
+%if ! 0%{?qemu_user_space_build}
 make check
+%endif
 
 %post -n libexempi3 -p /sbin/ldconfig