diff --git a/tboot.changes b/tboot.changes
index 110c609..9468788 100644
--- a/tboot.changes
+++ b/tboot.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sun Feb 26 15:54:56 CET 2012 - dmueller@suse.de
+
+- exclude from build for arm 
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Feb 28 14:03:52 UTC 2012 - meissner@suse.com
 
diff --git a/tboot.spec b/tboot.spec
index ff34499..83d1c38 100644
--- a/tboot.spec
+++ b/tboot.spec
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ Source0:        %{name}-%{ver}.tar.gz
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 BuildRequires:  openssl-devel
 BuildRequires:  trousers-devel
+# does not build and not interesting to arm (20120225)
+ExcludeArch:    %arm
 
 #ExclusiveArch: %{ix86} x86_64