--- BinariesCheck.py
+++ BinariesCheck.py
@@ -153,6 +153,7 @@ class BinariesCheck(AbstractCheck.AbstractCheck):
         binary=0
         binary_in_usr_lib=0
         has_usr_lib_file=0
+        file_in_lib64=0
 
         res = srcname_regex.search(pkg[rpm.RPMTAG_SOURCERPM] or '')
         if res:
@@ -161,10 +162,13 @@ class BinariesCheck(AbstractCheck.AbstractCheck):
             multi_pkg=0
 
         for f in files:
-            if usr_lib_regex.search(f) and not usr_lib_exception_regex.search(f) and not stat.S_ISDIR(files[f][0]):
+            if stat.S_ISREG(files[f][0]) and usr_lib_regex.search(f) and not usr_lib_exception_regex.search(f):
                 has_usr_lib_file=f
                 break
 
+            if stat.S_ISREG(files[f][0]) and (f.startswith("/usr/lib64") or f.startswith("/lib64")):
+                file_in_lib64=1
+
         for i in info:
             is_elf = string.find(i[1], 'ELF') != -1
             is_ar = string.find(i[1], 'current ar archive') != -1
@@ -316,9 +320,12 @@ class BinariesCheck(AbstractCheck.AbstractCheck):
                 printError(pkg, 'incoherent-version-in-name', version)
 
         if pkg.arch != 'noarch' and not multi_pkg:
-            if binary == 0:
+            if binary == 0 and not file_in_lib64:
                 printError(pkg, 'no-binary')
 
+        if pkg.arch == 'noarch' and file_in_lib64:
+            printError(pkg, 'noarch-with-lib64')
+
         if has_usr_lib_file and not binary_in_usr_lib:
             printError(pkg, 'only-non-binary-in-usr-lib')
 
@@ -343,6 +350,11 @@ FHS and the FSSTND forbid this.''',
 # 'non-sparc32-binary',
 # '',
 
+'noarch-with-lib64',
+'''This package is marked as noarch but installs files into lib64.
+Not all architectures have this in path, so the package can't be
+noarch.''',
+
 'invalid-soname',
 '''The soname of the library is neither of the form lib<libname>.so.<major> or
 lib<libname>-<major>.so.''',