diff --git a/kmod-testsuite.changes b/kmod-testsuite.changes
index a839187..020c09d 100644
--- a/kmod-testsuite.changes
+++ b/kmod-testsuite.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Mar 16 13:08:14 CET 2018 - ro@suse.de
+
+- for sle, buildexclude the 32bit platforms in kmod-testsuite, 
+  they have no kernel binaries anyway (bnc#1085640)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Mar  8 16:34:16 UTC 2018 - msuchanek@suse.com
 
diff --git a/kmod-testsuite.spec b/kmod-testsuite.spec
index a4b5a29..385dd99 100644
--- a/kmod-testsuite.spec
+++ b/kmod-testsuite.spec
@@ -49,6 +49,9 @@ BuildRequires:  xz
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(liblzma) >= 4.99
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(zlib)
 Requires:       suse-module-tools
+%if !0%{?is_opensuse}
+ExcludeArch:    %ix86 s390
+%endif
 %define kdir /usr/src/linux-obj/%_target_cpu/default
 
 %description
diff --git a/kmod.changes b/kmod.changes
index 0db09a6..0170b43 100644
--- a/kmod.changes
+++ b/kmod.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Mar 16 13:08:14 CET 2018 - ro@suse.de
+
+- for sle, buildexclude the 32bit platforms in kmod-testsuite,
+  they have no kernel binaries anyway (bnc#1085640)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Mar  8 16:34:16 UTC 2018 - msuchanek@suse.com