diff --git a/benchmark-s390.patch b/benchmark-s390.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3334330
--- /dev/null
+++ b/benchmark-s390.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+Index: benchmark-1.0.0/src/cycleclock.h
+===================================================================
+--- benchmark-1.0.0.orig/src/cycleclock.h
++++ benchmark-1.0.0/src/cycleclock.h
+@@ -124,6 +124,11 @@ inline BENCHMARK_ALWAYS_INLINE int64_t N
+   struct timeval tv;
+   gettimeofday(&tv, nullptr);
+   return static_cast<int64_t>(tv.tv_sec) * 1000000 + tv.tv_usec;
++#elif defined(__s390__)
++  // found this for papi package
++  unsigned long long ret;
++  __asm__("stck 0(%0)" : : "a" (&(ret)) : "memory", "cc");
++  return (long long)ret;
+ #else
+ // The soft failover to a generic implementation is automatic only for ARM.
+ // For other platforms the developer is expected to make an attempt to create
diff --git a/benchmark.changes b/benchmark.changes
index 5ca5f92..ecc5147 100644
--- a/benchmark.changes
+++ b/benchmark.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Jan 27 14:28:26 UTC 2017 - bg@suse.com
+
+- add support for s390x 
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sat Nov 12 13:43:21 CET 2016 - ro@suse.de
 
diff --git a/benchmark.spec b/benchmark.spec
index a7dacfc..7962504 100644
--- a/benchmark.spec
+++ b/benchmark.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package benchmark
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2016 SUSE LINUX GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
+# Copyright (c) 2017 SUSE LINUX GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -26,11 +26,12 @@ License:        Apache-2.0
 Group:          Development/Libraries/C and C++
 Url:            https://github.com/google/benchmark
 Source:         https://github.com/google/benchmark/archive/v%{version}.tar.gz#/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
+Patch:          benchmark-s390.patch
 BuildRequires:  cmake
 BuildRequires:  gcc-c++
 BuildRequires:  git-core
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
-ExclusiveArch:  %ix86 x86_64
+ExclusiveArch:  %ix86 x86_64 s390x
 
 %description
 A library to support the benchmarking of functions, similar to unit-tests.
@@ -52,6 +53,7 @@ Development files for google benchmark library
 
 %prep
 %setup -q
+%patch -p1
 
 %build
 %if %{__isa_bits} == 64