diff --git a/openssl.changes b/openssl.changes
index 2f1262e..1fe425d 100644
--- a/openssl.changes
+++ b/openssl.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Aug  7 17:17:34 UTC 2012 - dmueller@suse.com
+
+- fix build on armv5 (bnc#774710)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu May 10 19:18:06 UTC 2012 - crrodriguez@opensuse.org
 
diff --git a/openssl.spec b/openssl.spec
index cf6bae7..2b2247e 100644
--- a/openssl.spec
+++ b/openssl.spec
@@ -210,6 +210,9 @@ CHANGES=`stat --format="%y" %SOURCE1`
 sed -i -e "s|#define DATE \(.*\).LC_ALL.*date.|#define DATE \1$CHANGES|" crypto/Makefile
 
 %build
+%ifarch armv5el armv5tel
+export MACHINE=armv5el
+%endif
 ./config --test-sanity 
 #
 config_flags="threads shared no-rc5 no-idea \