diff --git a/libaio.changes b/libaio.changes
index ac2f8ea..05198ac 100644
--- a/libaio.changes
+++ b/libaio.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Nov 28 01:36:31 CET 2011 - ro@suse.de
+
+- fix lib64 platform check
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Oct  5 12:13:40 UTC 2011 - uli@suse.com
 
diff --git a/libaio.spec b/libaio.spec
index b1b6711..d6ee04c 100644
--- a/libaio.spec
+++ b/libaio.spec
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ make %{?_smp_mflags} CC="%__cc" OPTFLAGS="$RPM_OPT_FLAGS"
 
 %install
 make install prefix=%{buildroot}/usr libdir=%{buildroot}/%{_lib}
-%ifarch x86_64 ppc64 sparc64
+%if "%_lib" == "lib64"
 mv "%buildroot/usr/lib" "%buildroot/usr/lib64"
 %endif
 rm -f "%buildroot/%_libdir"/*.a