diff --git a/speexdsp.changes b/speexdsp.changes
index 9e57667..c4e5ccf 100644
--- a/speexdsp.changes
+++ b/speexdsp.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sun Apr  5 00:55:44 UTC 2015 - dmueller@suse.com
+
+- disable unchecked use of NEON extension 
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Mar 16 21:00:41 UTC 2015 - jengelh@inai.de
 
diff --git a/speexdsp.spec b/speexdsp.spec
index a743d84..fd078c4 100644
--- a/speexdsp.spec
+++ b/speexdsp.spec
@@ -62,8 +62,11 @@ SpeeX library.
 %setup -q -n %{name}-%{package_version}
 
 %build
+# Disable NEON since it doesn't check for availability of the NEON
+# extension at runtime
 %configure \
-	--disable-static
+	--disable-static \
+	--disable-neon
 
 make %{?_smp_mflags}