diff --git a/boost.changes b/boost.changes
index 1694c42..2e96b07 100644
--- a/boost.changes
+++ b/boost.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Feb 27 18:34:09 UTC 2013 - dmueller@suse.com
+
+- build without openmpi on aarch64 for now 
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Jan 23 13:30:18 UTC 2013 - BSipos@rkf-eng.com
 
diff --git a/boost.spec b/boost.spec
index 17021e0..3adcb62 100644
--- a/boost.spec
+++ b/boost.spec
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 # Just hardcode build_mpi to 1 as soon as openmpi builds on all
 # named architectures.
 
-%ifarch s390 s390x ia64 hppa
+%ifarch s390 s390x ia64 hppa aarch64
 %define build_mpi 0
 %else
 %define build_mpi 1