diff --git a/kexec-tools.changes b/kexec-tools.changes
index 15ac26a..abc9196 100644
--- a/kexec-tools.changes
+++ b/kexec-tools.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sat Aug 25 22:37:42 CEST 2007 - olh@suse.de
+
+- do not require kdump-helpers on s390
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Jul 27 14:56:14 CEST 2007 - bwalle@suse.de
 
diff --git a/kexec-tools.spec b/kexec-tools.spec
index de827e7..4d9b29e 100644
--- a/kexec-tools.spec
+++ b/kexec-tools.spec
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ Requires:       %insserv_prereq %fillup_prereq
 Autoreqprov:    on
 Summary:        Tools for fast kernel loading
 Version:        1.101
-Release:        122
+Release:        132
 Source:         %{name}-%{package_version}.tar.bz2
 Source1:        kdump
 Source2:        sysconfig.kdump
@@ -32,7 +32,9 @@ Source5:        README.SUSE
 URL:            http://www.vergenet.net/linux/kexec/kexec-tools/
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 BuildRequires:  zlib-devel
+%ifnarch s390 s390x
 Requires:       kdump-helpers
+%endif
 Patch1:         kexec-longer-cmdline.diff
 Patch2:         kexec-tools.check_reuse_initrd-close.patch
 Patch20:        kexec-tools.ppc64-32bit-build.patch
@@ -142,6 +144,8 @@ true   # ignore errors
 /var/adm/fillup-templates/sysconfig.kdump
 
 %changelog
+* Sat Aug 25 2007 - olh@suse.de
+- do not require kdump-helpers on s390
 * Fri Jul 27 2007 - bwalle@suse.de
 - update documentation for deleting all dumps (#302257)
 * Tue Jul 17 2007 - olh@suse.de