diff --git a/xapian-core.changes b/xapian-core.changes
index e8797a0..f6e55d5 100644
--- a/xapian-core.changes
+++ b/xapian-core.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Apr 28 08:10:37 UTC 2014 - tittiatcoke@gmail.com
+
+- Switch the SSE instruction set of for x86 builds.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Jan 29 22:10:21 UTC 2014 - hrvoje.senjan@gmail.com
 
diff --git a/xapian-core.spec b/xapian-core.spec
index ca45deb..a0087de 100644
--- a/xapian-core.spec
+++ b/xapian-core.spec
@@ -88,7 +88,12 @@ files needed for building packages which use Xapian
 %setup -q
 
 %build
-%configure --docdir=%{_docdir}/%{name}/
+%configure \
+%ifarch i586
+      --disable-sse \
+%endif
+      --docdir=%{_docdir}/%{name}/
+
 make %{?_smp_mflags}
 
 %install