diff --git a/babeltrace.changes b/babeltrace.changes
index 658d8ef..d99ec97 100644
--- a/babeltrace.changes
+++ b/babeltrace.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Aug  2 12:45:05 UTC 2016 - normand@linux.vnet.ibm.com
+
+- add ppc64/ppc64le in ExclusiveArch
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Jul 24 21:27:18 UTC 2015 - tonyj@suse.com
 
diff --git a/babeltrace.spec b/babeltrace.spec
index a4cabb6..ecaecd0 100644
--- a/babeltrace.spec
+++ b/babeltrace.spec
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ BuildRequires:  libuuid-devel
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig
 BuildRequires:  popt-devel
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
-ExclusiveArch:  %ix86 x86_64
+ExclusiveArch:  %ix86 x86_64 ppc64le ppc64
 
 %description
 This project provides trace read and write libraries, as well as a trace