diff --git a/osc.changes b/osc.changes
index da7c8dc..20ba971 100644
--- a/osc.changes
+++ b/osc.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Apr  1 08:35:19 UTC 2016 - olaf@aepfle.de
+
+- Recommend powerpc32 to avoid 'osc build' failures
+
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 Fri Mar  4 07:27:49 UTC 2016 - adrian@suse.de
 
diff --git a/osc.spec b/osc.spec
index a2753fc..8a25b92 100644
--- a/osc.spec
+++ b/osc.spec
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ BuildArch:      noarch
 %if 0%{?suse_version} > 1000
 Recommends:     build >= 2010.05.04
 Recommends:     sudo
+Recommends:     powerpc32
 # These packages are needed for "osc add $URL"
 Recommends:     obs-service-recompress
 Recommends:     obs-service-set_version