diff --git a/patchelf.changes b/patchelf.changes
index ef1129e..9d2514e 100644
--- a/patchelf.changes
+++ b/patchelf.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Jul  3 13:39:43 UTC 2012 - dvaleev@suse.com
+
+- exclude ppc and ppc64. Tests are failed
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Jun 21 15:05:20 UTC 2012 - adrian@suse.de
 
diff --git a/patchelf.spec b/patchelf.spec
index da7d394..18243b9 100644
--- a/patchelf.spec
+++ b/patchelf.spec
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ Release:        0
 Url:            http://nixos.org/patchelf.html
 Source:         %{name}-%{version}.tar.bz2
 BuildRequires:  gcc-c++
+# not working here
+ExcludeArch:    ppc ppc64 %arm
 
 %description
 PatchELF is a simple utility for modifing existing ELF executables and