diff --git a/libreoffice.changes b/libreoffice.changes
index 517fe46..328a585 100644
--- a/libreoffice.changes
+++ b/libreoffice.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Feb 16 12:19:35 UTC 2017 - normand@linux.vnet.ibm.com
+
+- bypass upstream bug for aarch64 and ppc64/ppc64le
+  https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=105519
+  removing some fods data files source of test failure.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Feb 14 12:20:48 UTC 2017 - tchvatal@suse.com
 
diff --git a/libreoffice.spec b/libreoffice.spec
index 8f66a75..84aef6e 100644
--- a/libreoffice.spec
+++ b/libreoffice.spec
@@ -959,6 +959,15 @@ Provides additional %{langname} translations and resources for %{project}. \
 echo "HTML_TIMESTAMP = NO" >> odk/docs/cpp/Doxyfile
 echo "HTML_TIMESTAMP = NO" >> odk/docs/idl/Doxyfile
 
+# bypass test failure tracked by upstream bug
+# https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=105519
+%ifarch aarch64 ppc64 ppc64le
+for xx in forecast.ets.add forecast.ets.mult linest logest minverse rate
+do
+    rm sc/qa/unit/data/functions/fods/$xx.fods
+done
+%endif
+
 %build
 # Parallel build settings ...
 lo_jobs="%{?jobs:%{jobs}}"