diff --git a/libosmo-sccp.changes b/libosmo-sccp.changes
index 77c4de6..431116a 100644
--- a/libosmo-sccp.changes
+++ b/libosmo-sccp.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Mar 11 01:55:30 CET 2016 - ro@suse.de
+
+- add ExcludeArch to follow libosmocore
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Jan 22 18:33:36 UTC 2016 - jengelh@inai.de
 
diff --git a/libosmo-sccp.spec b/libosmo-sccp.spec
index b24e5ee..e85eecf 100644
--- a/libosmo-sccp.spec
+++ b/libosmo-sccp.spec
@@ -40,6 +40,10 @@ BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libosmocore) >= 0.9.0.45
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libosmogsm)
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libosmovty)
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(talloc)
+# follow arch limitations for libosmocore
+# do not try to build for big-endian archs
+# as suggested by http://lists.osmocom.org/pipermail/baseband-devel/2015-February/000022.html
+ExcludeArch:    ppc ppc64 ppc64p7 mips mips64 %sparc s390 s390x
 
 %description
 Osmocom library for the A-bis interface between BTS and BSC.