diff --git a/libarchive.changes b/libarchive.changes
index 9900211..e7754de 100644
--- a/libarchive.changes
+++ b/libarchive.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Dec 29 18:39:00 UTC 2023 - Dirk Müller <dmueller@suse.com>
+
+- skip write tests on 32bit, they OOM
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sun Sep 17 08:53:58 UTC 2023 - Dirk Müller <dmueller@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/libarchive.spec b/libarchive.spec
index 99354f8..6db9bcb 100644
--- a/libarchive.spec
+++ b/libarchive.spec
@@ -171,7 +171,11 @@ Static library for libarchive
 %cmake_build
 
 %check
-%ctest
+exclude=""
+%ifarch %arm %ix86 ppc s390
+exclude="-E test_write_filter"
+%endif
+%ctest $exclude
 
 %install
 %cmake_install