diff --git a/mpv.changes b/mpv.changes
index 2284819..20e2ebb 100644
--- a/mpv.changes
+++ b/mpv.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Dec  3 21:04:26 UTC 2015 - dmueller@suse.com
+
+- only depend on luajit on compatible architectures (doesn't
+  exist on e.g. aarch64)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Nov 10 19:02:49 UTC 2015 - idonmez@suse.com
 
diff --git a/mpv.spec b/mpv.spec
index a5ca438..69941b1 100644
--- a/mpv.spec
+++ b/mpv.spec
@@ -104,8 +104,10 @@ BuildRequires:  libswscale-devel
 # JIT for lua.
 %if 0%{?suse_version} > 1310
 BuildRequires:  python-rst2pdf
+%ifarch %ix86 x86_64
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(luajit)
 %endif
+%endif
 %if 0%{?suse_version} != 1315
 # Testing framework: disabled for now as it runs just 1 test
 # BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(cmocka) >= 0.4.1