diff --git a/openexr.changes b/openexr.changes
index bbdecd4..63d6b2c 100644
--- a/openexr.changes
+++ b/openexr.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Jul 16 07:06:33 UTC 2020 - Andreas Schwab <schwab@suse.de>
+
+- Disable testsuite also on ppc
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sun Jul  5 22:46:48 UTC 2020 - Stefan Brüns <stefan.bruens@rwth-aachen.de>
 
diff --git a/openexr.spec b/openexr.spec
index 6bc1a29..2e9b874 100644
--- a/openexr.spec
+++ b/openexr.spec
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ pushd OpenEXR
 popd
 
 %check
-%ifnarch i586 ppc64
+%ifnarch i586 ppc ppc64
 pushd OpenEXR
 export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="%{buildroot}/%{_libdir}"
 # tests can take longer than the default timeout of 25 minutes