diff --git a/freeipmi.changes b/freeipmi.changes
index 3c1846a..211a128 100644
--- a/freeipmi.changes
+++ b/freeipmi.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Aug 28 15:54:51 UTC 2018 - trenn@suse.de
+
+- Enable build for aarch64 (fate#326605)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Aug  1 07:12:47 UTC 2018 - josef.moellers@suse.com
 
diff --git a/freeipmi.spec b/freeipmi.spec
index 5bbab22..0b93180 100644
--- a/freeipmi.spec
+++ b/freeipmi.spec
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 Requires(post): info
 Requires(preun): info
 # Necessary as only those archs implement iopl and friends (#368541)
-ExclusiveArch:  %{ix86} x86_64 ia64 alpha
+ExclusiveArch:  %{ix86} x86_64 ia64 alpha aarch64
 
 %description
 This project provides "Remote-Console" (out-of-band) and