diff --git a/fontconfig.changes b/fontconfig.changes
index b710873..0dd2051 100644
--- a/fontconfig.changes
+++ b/fontconfig.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Oct  5 14:35:54 UTC 2011 - uli@suse.com
+
+- cross-build fix: force host architecture
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sun Sep 18 17:17:12 UTC 2011 - jengelh@medozas.de
 
diff --git a/fontconfig.spec b/fontconfig.spec
index a63a060..def4d61 100644
--- a/fontconfig.spec
+++ b/fontconfig.spec
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
 # Please submit bugfixes or comments via http://bugs.opensuse.org/
 #
 
+
+
 Name:           fontconfig
 %define build_docs 0
 BuildRequires:  freetype2-devel libexpat-devel pkgconfig
@@ -114,7 +116,7 @@ accepts font patterns and returns the nearest matching font.
 %patch34 -p1
 
 %build
-%configure --with-pic  \
+%configure --with-pic --with-arch=%_host_cpu \
 %if %suse_version > 1100
         --disable-static \
 %endif