diff --git a/python-Pillow.spec b/python-Pillow.spec
index f6479a8..dfcfcd9 100644
--- a/python-Pillow.spec
+++ b/python-Pillow.spec
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ Python Imaging Library by Fredrik Lundh and Contributors.
 
 %check
 %{python_expand export PYTHONPATH=%{buildroot}%{$python_sitearch}
-%ifarch ppc ppc64 s390 s390x
+%if %_arch == s390x || %_arch == s390x || %_arch == ppc || %_arch == ppc64
 $python selftest.py --installed || \
 echo "WARNING ignore failure https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/issues/1204"
 $python setup.py test  || \