diff --git a/libdb-4_8.changes b/libdb-4_8.changes
index 8003070..4f1c78b 100644
--- a/libdb-4_8.changes
+++ b/libdb-4_8.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Sep 28 18:46:43 UTC 2011 - adrian@suse.de
+
+- fix arm build
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Sep 27 16:39:10 UTC 2011 - prusnak@opensuse.org
 
diff --git a/libdb-4_8.spec b/libdb-4_8.spec
index 2025d5b..a3891ec 100644
--- a/libdb-4_8.spec
+++ b/libdb-4_8.spec
@@ -107,8 +107,12 @@ cd ../build_nptl
 ../dist/configure --prefix=%{_prefix} \
         --libdir=%{_libdir} --enable-compat185 --disable-dump185 \
         --enable-shared --disable-static --enable-cxx \
-        --with-mutex="POSIX/pthreads/library" \
+	--with-mutex="POSIX/pthreads/library" \
+%ifarch %arm
+        %{_target_cpu}-suse-linux-gnueabi
+%else
         %{_target_cpu}-suse-linux
+%endif
 # Make sure O_DIRECT is really disabled (build host could have old kernel)
 perl -pi -e 's/#define HAVE_O_DIRECT 1/#undef HAVE_O_DIRECT/' db_config.h
 # Remove libtool predep_objects and postdep_objects wonkiness