diff --git a/irqbalance.changes b/irqbalance.changes
index 95fa335..58ead56 100644
--- a/irqbalance.changes
+++ b/irqbalance.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Nov  9 10:31:40 UTC 2015 - dmueller@suse.com
+
+- enable build for %arm
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Mar 16 20:21:29 UTC 2015 - mpluskal@suse.com
 
diff --git a/irqbalance.spec b/irqbalance.spec
index 93c8b7e..4c01990 100644
--- a/irqbalance.spec
+++ b/irqbalance.spec
@@ -26,13 +26,15 @@ Url:            https://github.com/Irqbalance/irqbalance
 Source:         https://github.com/Irqbalance/irqbalance/archive/v%{version}.tar.gz
 Source3:        sysconfig.irqbalance
 BuildRequires:  libcap-ng-devel
+%ifnarch %arm
 BuildRequires:  libnuma-devel
+%endif
 BuildRequires:  libtool
 BuildRequires:  systemd-rpm-macros
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(glib-2.0)
 Requires(pre):  coreutils
 Requires(pre):  fillup
-ExclusiveArch:  ia64 x86_64 ppc64 ppc64le ppc %{sparc}
+ExclusiveArch:  %arm ia64 x86_64 ppc64 ppc64le ppc %{sparc}
 %{?systemd_requires}
 
 %description