diff --git a/libdbusmenu.changes b/libdbusmenu.changes
index 67deb70..52efbc6 100644
--- a/libdbusmenu.changes
+++ b/libdbusmenu.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sat Sep 24 08:46:21 UTC 2022 - Dirk Müller <dmueller@suse.com>
+
+- conditionalize valgrind dependency - it is optional and not
+  available on all architectures 
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sun Apr  3 11:09:27 UTC 2022 - Callum Farmer <gmbr3@opensuse.org>
 
diff --git a/libdbusmenu.spec b/libdbusmenu.spec
index 658d214..3f7db2f 100644
--- a/libdbusmenu.spec
+++ b/libdbusmenu.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
-# spec file for package libdbusmenu
+# spec file
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2020 SUSE LLC
+# Copyright (c) 2022 SUSE LLC
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -89,7 +89,9 @@ BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(gtk+-3.0)
 %endif
 %if %{with testtools}
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(json-glib-1.0)
+%ifarch aarch64 %{ix86} x86_64 ppc ppc64 ppc64le s390x armv7l armv7hl armv6l armv6hl
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(valgrind)
+%endif
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(x11)
 %endif