diff --git a/strace.changes b/strace.changes
index fa1848f..b6e15c7 100644
--- a/strace.changes
+++ b/strace.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Oct  4 14:44:37 UTC 2011 - tserong@suse.com
+
+- Skip "make check" when building under qemu (PTRACE not supported)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Apr 11 15:30:46 CEST 2011 - meissner@suse.de
 
diff --git a/strace.spec b/strace.spec
index 7c5990c..a11d773 100644
--- a/strace.spec
+++ b/strace.spec
@@ -67,8 +67,11 @@ CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -ffixed-8"
 
 make %{?_smp_mflags}
 
+# Have to exclude make check for qemu builds, which apparently don't support PTRACE.
+%if !(0%{?qemu_user_space_build})
 %check
 make check
+%endif
 
 %install
 make install DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT