diff --git a/s390-tools.changes b/s390-tools.changes
index 2468205..4d6d907 100644
--- a/s390-tools.changes
+++ b/s390-tools.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Sep  7 19:41:39 UTC 2017 - mpost@suse.com
+
+- Temporarily added BuildIgnore: gcc-PIE to the spec file to
+  avoid a problem with zipl not working. (bsc#1055343)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Jul 12 18:14:13 UTC 2017 - mpost@suse.com
 
diff --git a/s390-tools.spec b/s390-tools.spec
index 0068fef..a6a494f 100644
--- a/s390-tools.spec
+++ b/s390-tools.spec
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ Requires:       rsync
 Requires:       tar
 Requires:       util-linux
 Provides:       s390utils:/sbin/dasdfmt
+# Don't build with pie to avoid problems with zipl
+#!BuildIgnore: gcc-PIE
 Source:         s390-tools-%{version}.tar.bz2
 Source1:        s390-tools-rpmlintrc
 Source2:        zipl.conf