diff --git a/clone.patch b/clone.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3256a18
--- /dev/null
+++ b/clone.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+--- src/lxc_container.c
++++ src/lxc_container.c
+@@ -604,6 +604,9 @@ int lxcContainerStart(virDomainDefPtr de
+     lxc_child_argv_t args = { def, nveths, veths, control, ttyPath };
+ 
+     /* allocate a stack for the container */
++#ifdef __ia64__
++    stacksize *= 2;
++#endif
+     if (VIR_ALLOC_N(stack, stacksize) < 0) {
+         lxcError(NULL, NULL, VIR_ERR_NO_MEMORY, NULL);
+         return -1;
+@@ -615,7 +618,11 @@ int lxcContainerStart(virDomainDefPtr de
+     if (def->nets != NULL)
+         flags |= CLONE_NEWNET;
+ 
++#ifdef __ia64__
++    pid = __clone2(lxcContainerChild, stack, stacksize, flags, &args);
++#else
+     pid = clone(lxcContainerChild, stacktop, flags, &args);
++#endif
+     VIR_FREE(stack);
+     DEBUG("clone() returned, %d", pid);
+ 
+@@ -641,18 +648,26 @@ int lxcContainerAvailable(int features)
+     char *childStack;
+     char *stack;
+     int childStatus;
++    int stacksize = getpagesize() * 4;
+ 
+     if (features & LXC_CONTAINER_FEATURE_NET)
+         flags |= CLONE_NEWNET;
+ 
+-    if (VIR_ALLOC_N(stack, getpagesize() * 4) < 0) {
++#ifdef __ia64__
++    stacksize *= 2;
++#endif
++    if (VIR_ALLOC_N(stack, stacksize) < 0) {
+         DEBUG0("Unable to allocate stack");
+         return -1;
+     }
+ 
+-    childStack = stack + (getpagesize() * 4);
++    childStack = stack + stacksize;
+ 
++#ifdef __ia64__
++    cpid = __clone2(lxcContainerDummyChild, stack, stacksize, flags, NULL);
++#else
+     cpid = clone(lxcContainerDummyChild, childStack, flags, NULL);
++#endif
+     VIR_FREE(stack);
+     if (cpid < 0) {
+         DEBUG("clone call returned %s, container support is not enabled",
diff --git a/libvirt.spec b/libvirt.spec
index cde6981..23bb792 100644
--- a/libvirt.spec
+++ b/libvirt.spec
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 %define with_lxc     0
 %define with_selinux 0
 # Xen is available only on i386 x86_64
-%ifnarch i386 i586 x86_64
+%ifnarch %ix86 x86_64
 %define with_xen 0
 %endif
 %if 0%{?suse_version} > 1100
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ License:        LGPL v2.1 or later
 Group:          Development/Libraries/C and C++
 AutoReqProv:    yes
 Version:        0.4.6
-Release:        4
+Release:        5
 Summary:        A C toolkit to interract with the virtualization capabilities of Linux
 Requires:       readline
 Requires:       ncurses
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ Patch9:         lxcsched.patch
 Patch10:        lxcvirsh.patch
 Patch11:        cgmajor.patch
 Patch12:        lxcpty.patch
+Patch13:        clone.patch
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 
 %description
@@ -182,6 +183,7 @@ Authors:
 %patch10 -p1
 %patch11 -p1
 %patch12 -p1
+%patch13
 rm po/no.*
 
 %build
@@ -195,7 +197,7 @@ rm po/no.*
 %define _with_selinux --with-selinux
 %endif
 autoreconf -f -i
-export CFLAGS="$RPM_OPT_FLAGS -fno-strict-aliasing"
+export CFLAGS="$RPM_OPT_FLAGS"
 %configure %{?_without_xen} \
            %{?_without_lxc} \
            %{?_with_selinux} \