diff --git a/tdb.changes b/tdb.changes
index 661167e..4829d5f 100644
--- a/tdb.changes
+++ b/tdb.changes
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
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 Thu Jun 28 21:19:51 UTC 2012 - lmuelle@suse.com
 
-- Ignore tdb run transaction expand check; (bnc#769268).
+- Ignore tdb run transaction expand check on ppc64; (bnc#769268).
 
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 Thu Jun 21 20:40:55 UTC 2012 - adrian@suse.de
diff --git a/tdb.spec b/tdb.spec
index f830a00..a61fa52 100644
--- a/tdb.spec
+++ b/tdb.spec
@@ -115,7 +115,9 @@ This package contains the python bindings for the Tdb library.
 
 %prep
 %setup -n tdb-%{version} -q
+%ifarch ppc64
 %patch0 -p1
+%endif
 
 %build
 %if 0%{?suse_version} && 0%{?suse_version} < 911