diff --git a/gdal.changes b/gdal.changes
index 1a1c331..f98a838 100644
--- a/gdal.changes
+++ b/gdal.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sat Oct 29 20:31:47 UTC 2016 - bruno@ioda-net.ch
+
+- Due to build failure on non x86 arch, and advise from upstream
+  comment out the usage of obsolete jasper.
+  We have openjpeg2 anyway. 
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Oct 28 07:14:22 UTC 2016 - bruno@ioda-net.ch
 
diff --git a/gdal.spec b/gdal.spec
index f882990..b28a003 100644
--- a/gdal.spec
+++ b/gdal.spec
@@ -48,7 +48,9 @@ BuildRequires:  giflib-devel
 BuildRequires:  lapack-devel
 BuildRequires:  libexpat-devel >= 1.95.0
 BuildRequires:  libgeotiff-devel >= 1.2.1
-BuildRequires:  libjasper-devel
+# No more please we have openjpeg2
+# BuildRequires:  libjasper-devel
+# Using jasper create build error on arm, powerpc, s390
 BuildRequires:  libjpeg-devel
 BuildRequires:  libpng-devel
 BuildRequires:  libproj-devel
@@ -197,7 +199,7 @@ autoreconf -fi
         --enable-shared         \
         --with-geos             \
         --with-expat            \
-        --with-jasper           \
+        --without-jasper        \
         --with-png              \
         --with-gif              \
         --with-jpeg             \