diff --git a/uwsgi.changes b/uwsgi.changes
index 406f30c..3195899 100644
--- a/uwsgi.changes
+++ b/uwsgi.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Sep 20 15:06:48 UTC 2013 - dvaleev@suse.com
+
+- enable v8 conditionally (enables build for powerpc and s390) 
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Sep  5 18:43:14 CEST 2013 - mls@suse.de
 
diff --git a/uwsgi.spec b/uwsgi.spec
index 9f677be..fd722dc 100644
--- a/uwsgi.spec
+++ b/uwsgi.spec
@@ -16,6 +16,13 @@
 #
 
 
+#
+%ifarch %{ix86} x86_64 %{arm}
+%define enable_v8 1
+%else
+%define enable_v8 0
+%endif
+
 Name:           uwsgi
 Version:        1.9.13
 Release:        0
@@ -87,7 +94,9 @@ BuildRequires:  systemd-devel
 BuildRequires:  systemd
 %endif
 BuildRequires:  tcpd-devel
+%if %{enable_v8}
 BuildRequires:  v8-devel
+%endif
 BuildRequires:  zeromq-devel
 BuildRequires:  zlib-devel
 %{?systemd_requires}
@@ -360,6 +369,7 @@ This package contains support for storing application configuration in SQLite3
 databases.
 
 
+%if %{enable_v8}
 %package v8
 Summary:        V8 JavaScript Plugin for uWSGI
 Group:          Productivity/Networking/Web/Servers
@@ -370,7 +380,7 @@ uWSGI is a fast, self-healing and developer/sysadmin-friendly application
 container server coded in pure C.
 
 This package contains support for JavaScript using V8.
-
+%endif
 
 %package xslt
 Summary:        XSLT Plugin for uWSGI
@@ -429,6 +439,11 @@ excluded_plugins="$excluded_plugins router_spnego"
 # These are example plugins and shouldn't be distributed
 excluded_plugins="$excluded_plugins cplusplus dummy example"
 
+# V8 is not yet available on all platforms
+%if !%{enable_v8}
+excluded_plugins="$excluded_plugins v8"
+%endif
+
 %if 0%{?suse_version} && 0%{?suse_version} <= 1210
 # Requirements missing on openSUSE <= 12.1
 excluded_plugins="$excluded_plugins erlang fiber pyerl rack ruby19 systemd_logger"
@@ -628,9 +643,11 @@ install -D plugins/jvm/uwsgi.jar %{buildroot}%{_javadir}/uwsgi.jar
 %defattr(-,root,root,-)
 %{_libdir}/uwsgi/sqlite3_plugin.so
 
+%if %{enable_v8}
 %files v8
 %defattr(-,root,root,-)
 %{_libdir}/uwsgi/v8_plugin.so
+%endif
 
 %files xslt
 %defattr(-,root,root,-)