diff --git a/orc.changes b/orc.changes
index 0907043..8b440c6 100644
--- a/orc.changes
+++ b/orc.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Sep 28 20:27:52 UTC 2015 - dmueller@suse.com
+
+- disable testsuite on aarch64
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Jul  9 22:03:42 UTC 2015 - zaitor@opensuse.org
 
diff --git a/orc.spec b/orc.spec
index 4a05072..564ba8e 100644
--- a/orc.spec
+++ b/orc.spec
@@ -96,8 +96,9 @@ find %{buildroot} -type f -name "*.la" -delete -print
 
 # Temp disable check on i586 until we have sorted out the i586 fails with upstream (last tested with 0.4.24)
 # disable also for ppc64le as many changes required in orcprogram-altivec.c
+# Testsuite is broken on aarch64
 %check
-%ifnarch %{arm} || %{ix86} || ppc64le
+%ifnarch aarch64 %{arm} %{ix86} ppc64le
 make check %{?_smp_mflags}
 %endif