diff --git a/cloud-init-no-dmidecode-on-ppc64.patch b/cloud-init-no-dmidecode-on-ppc64.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5b48dcd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cloud-init-no-dmidecode-on-ppc64.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+Index: cloud-init-0.7.5/cloudinit/sources/DataSourceAltCloud.py
+===================================================================
+--- cloud-init-0.7.5.orig/cloudinit/sources/DataSourceAltCloud.py
++++ cloud-init-0.7.5/cloudinit/sources/DataSourceAltCloud.py
+@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ class DataSourceAltCloud(sources.DataSou
+         '''
+ 
+         uname_arch = os.uname()[4]
+-        if uname_arch.startswith("arm") or uname_arch == "aarch64":
++        if uname_arch.startswith("arm") or uname_arch == "aarch64" or uname_arch.startswith("ppc"):
+             # Disabling because dmidecode in CMD_DMI_SYSTEM crashes kvm process
+             LOG.debug("Disabling AltCloud datasource on arm (LP: #1243287)")
+             return 'UNKNOWN'
+Index: cloud-init-0.7.5/cloudinit/sources/DataSourceSmartOS.py
+===================================================================
+--- cloud-init-0.7.5.orig/cloudinit/sources/DataSourceSmartOS.py
++++ cloud-init-0.7.5/cloudinit/sources/DataSourceSmartOS.py
+@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ class DataSourceSmartOS(sources.DataSour
+             return False
+ 
+         uname_arch = os.uname()[4]
+-        if uname_arch.startswith("arm") or uname_arch == "aarch64":
++        if uname_arch.startswith("arm") or uname_arch == "aarch64" uname_arch.startswith("ppc"):
+             # Disabling because dmidcode in dmi_data() crashes kvm process
+             LOG.debug("Disabling SmartOS datasource on arm (LP: #1243287)")
+             return False
diff --git a/cloud-init.changes b/cloud-init.changes
index 5d4f748..f97155d 100644
--- a/cloud-init.changes
+++ b/cloud-init.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sat Aug  9 12:35:16 UTC 2014 - dvlaeev@suse.com
+
+- Make package Arch dependent otherwise package is not installable
+  on arcoitectures where dmidecode is not available.
+
+- Avoid to run dmidecode on PowerPC as well
+  cloud-init-no-dmidecode-on-ppc64.patch 
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Jul 28 15:54:32 UTC 2014 - rschweikert@suse.com
 
diff --git a/cloud-init.spec b/cloud-init.spec
index 915a822..72ad1c8 100644
--- a/cloud-init.spec
+++ b/cloud-init.spec
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ Patch6:         dynamicInitCmd.diff
 # FIXME suseSetInitCmd.patch send upstream once the SUSE handlers are accepted
 Patch7:         suseSetInitCmd.patch
 Patch8:         cloudinit-datasources.patch
+Patch9:         cloud-init-no-dmidecode-on-ppc64.patch
 BuildRequires:  fdupes
 BuildRequires:  filesystem
 BuildRequires:  python-devel
@@ -66,8 +67,9 @@ BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 %{!?python_sitelib: %global python_sitelib %(python -c "from distutils.sysconfig import get_python_lib; print get_python_lib()")}
 Requires:       pmtools
 %else
+%ifarch %ix86 x86_64
 Requires:       dmidecode
-BuildArch:      noarch
+%endif
 %endif
 %if 0%{?suse_version} && 0%{?suse_version} <= 1210
 %define initsys sysvinit_suse
@@ -128,6 +130,7 @@ Unit tests for the cloud-init tools
 %patch6
 %patch7
 %patch8 -p1
+%patch9 -p1
 
 %if 0%{?suse_version} <= 1130
 # disable ecdsa for SLE 11 (not available)