diff --git a/fftw3.changes b/fftw3.changes
index c6b5d81..35eaaff 100644
--- a/fftw3.changes
+++ b/fftw3.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sun Oct  9 17:48:50 UTC 2011 - adrian@suse.de
+
+- enable sse only on supported architectures
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Sep 28 02:22:14 UTC 2011 - dhall@wustl.edu
 
diff --git a/fftw3.spec b/fftw3.spec
index ecaae3e..003e71f 100644
--- a/fftw3.spec
+++ b/fftw3.spec
@@ -133,7 +133,11 @@ data, and of arbitrary input size.
 # autoreconf --force --install
 
 %build
-%configure --enable-shared --enable-threads --enable-openmp --enable-mpi --enable-sse2 --disable-static
+%configure --enable-shared --enable-threads --enable-openmp --enable-mpi \
+%ifarch %ix86 x86_64
+  --enable-sse2 \
+%endif
+  --disable-static
 make %{?_smp_mflags}
 
 %install
@@ -142,7 +146,11 @@ make %{?_smp_mflags}
 rm -f $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_libdir}/lib*.*a
 # hack to also compile/install single-precision version:
 make distclean
-%configure --enable-shared --enable-threads --enable-float --enable-openmp --enable-mpi --enable-sse --disable-static
+%configure --enable-shared --enable-threads --enable-float --enable-openmp --enable-mpi \
+%ifarch %ix86 x86_64
+  --enable-sse \
+%endif
+  --disable-static
 make %{?_smp_mflags}
 %makeinstall
 # remove unneeded files