diff --git a/webkit2gtk3.changes b/webkit2gtk3.changes
index 8138239..028e9a0 100644
--- a/webkit2gtk3.changes
+++ b/webkit2gtk3.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu May  5 18:02:14 CEST 2016 - ro@suse.de
+
+- handle s390 like s390x 
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon May  2 14:05:38 CEST 2016 - fcrozat@suse.com
 
diff --git a/webkit2gtk3.spec b/webkit2gtk3.spec
index 5a461b4..4831529 100644
--- a/webkit2gtk3.spec
+++ b/webkit2gtk3.spec
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ Source1:        baselibs.conf
 Patch0:         webkitgtk-typelib-sharelib-link.patch
 # PATCH-FIX-SLE webkitgtk-disable-gcc-version-checks.patch mcatanzaro@igalia.com -- Allow building with GCC 4.8, which is currently safe if IndexedDB is disabled.
 Patch1:         webkitgtk-disable-gcc-version-checks.patch
-%ifnarch s390x
+%ifnarch s390 s390x
 BuildRequires:  binutils-gold
 %endif
 BuildRequires:  bison >= 2.3
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ more.
 
 %build
 # Use linker flags to reduce memory consumption
-%ifarch s390x
+%ifarch s390 s390x
 # binutils-gold doesn't exist on s390x
 %global optflags %(echo %{optflags} -Wl,--no-keep-memory -Wl,--reduce-memory-overheads | sed 's/-g /-g1 /')
 %else
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ more.
   -DLIBEXEC_INSTALL_DIR=%{_libexecdir}/libwebkit2gtk%{_wk2sover} \
   -DPORT=GTK \
   -DENABLE_PLUGIN_PROCESS_GTK2=OFF \
-%ifarch ppc ppc64 ppc64le s390x
+%ifarch ppc ppc64 ppc64le s390 s390x
   -DENABLE_JIT=OFF \
   -DUSE_SYSTEM_MALLOC=ON \
 %endif