diff --git a/findutils.changes b/findutils.changes
index 22c29c1..8b03e6d 100644
--- a/findutils.changes
+++ b/findutils.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Sep 26 15:45:16 UTC 2013 - schwab@suse.de
+
+- Conditionalize the qemu arg size workaround on %qemu_user_space_build
+
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 Mon Sep 23 23:17:08 UTC 2013 - mail@bernhard-voelker.de
 
diff --git a/findutils.spec b/findutils.spec
index ec0b8d5..c1ab0b1 100644
--- a/findutils.spec
+++ b/findutils.spec
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ switching on the computer.
 %patch1
 
 %build
-%ifarch %arm armv5tel armv7l armv7el armv5el
+%if 0%{?qemu_user_space_build}
 # this is a workaround for a qemu-user bug, we hit. A qemu patch is being discussed, but for now ...
 export DEFAULT_ARG_SIZE="(31u * 1024u)"
 %endif