diff --git a/pulseaudio.changes b/pulseaudio.changes
index 1aafcb7..45ba3b2 100644
--- a/pulseaudio.changes
+++ b/pulseaudio.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Apr 25 14:52:14 UTC 2013 - dmueller@suse.com
+
+- explicitely disable building NEON for armv5/6 
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Mar  8 10:17:34 CET 2013 - tiwai@suse.de
 
diff --git a/pulseaudio.spec b/pulseaudio.spec
index d485de7..5c1d485 100644
--- a/pulseaudio.spec
+++ b/pulseaudio.spec
@@ -273,6 +273,9 @@ autoreconf -fiv
         --disable-static \
         --disable-rpath \
         --enable-systemd \
+%ifarch armv5tel armv6hl
+        --disable-neon-opt \
+%endif
         --with-system-user=pulse \
         --with-system-group=pulse \
         --with-access-group=pulse-access \