diff --git a/mono-core.changes b/mono-core.changes
index 50b1632..03f49d1 100644
--- a/mono-core.changes
+++ b/mono-core.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sat Nov 12 14:36:43 CET 2016 - ro@suse.de
+
+- add boehm define in specfile to exclude boehm parts on aarch64
+- enable buildrequires for valgrind on aarch64 
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sun Oct 16 08:46:34 UTC 2016 - mailaender@opensuse.org
 
diff --git a/mono-core.spec b/mono-core.spec
index aee91a7..422ae91 100644
--- a/mono-core.spec
+++ b/mono-core.spec
@@ -19,6 +19,11 @@
 %{!?ext_man: %define ext_man .gz}
 %define llvm no
 %define sgen yes
+%ifarch aarch64
+%define boehm no
+%else
+%define boehm yes
+%endif
 
 Name:           mono-core
 Version:        4.6.1
@@ -51,7 +56,7 @@ BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libgdiplus)
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(x11)
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(xinerama)
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(zlib)
-%ifnarch ia64 %arm aarch64 s390
+%ifnarch ia64 %arm s390
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(valgrind)
 %endif
 %if %llvm == yes
@@ -296,7 +301,9 @@ rm %{buildroot}%{_bindir}/mono-sgen-gdb.py
 %{_bindir}/ikdasm
 %{_bindir}/mcs
 %{_bindir}/mono
+%if %boehm == yes
 %{_bindir}/mono-boehm
+%endif
 %{_bindir}/mono-configuration-crypto
 %if %sgen == yes
 %{_bindir}/mono-sgen
@@ -492,6 +499,7 @@ Development files for libmono.
 %{_libdir}/libmono-2.0.so
 %{_libdir}/pkgconfig/mono-2.pc
 
+%if %boehm == yes
 %package -n libmonoboehm-2_0-1
 Summary:        A Library for embedding Mono in your Application (Boehm GC)
 License:        LGPL-2.1
@@ -535,6 +543,7 @@ Development files for libmonoboehm
 %files -n libmonoboehm-2_0-devel
 %defattr(-, root, root)
 %{_libdir}/libmonoboehm-2.0.so
+%endif
 
 %if %sgen == yes
 %package -n libmonosgen-2_0-1
@@ -1182,7 +1191,9 @@ Mono development tools.
 %{_bindir}/monop2
 %{_bindir}/mprof-report
 %{_bindir}/pdb2mdb
+%if %boehm == yes
 %{_bindir}/pedump
+%endif
 %{_bindir}/permview
 %{_bindir}/prj2make
 %{_bindir}/resgen
@@ -1408,8 +1419,10 @@ Requires:       libmono-llvm0 = %{version}
 Requires:       libmonosgen-2_0-1 = %{version}
 Requires:       libmonosgen-2_0-devel = %{version}
 %endif
+%if %boehm == yes
 Requires:       libmonoboehm-2_0-1 = %{version}
 Requires:       libmonoboehm-2_0-devel = %{version}
+%endif
 Requires:       mono-data = %{version}
 Requires:       mono-data-oracle = %{version}
 Requires:       mono-data-sqlite = %{version}