diff --git a/sendmail.spec b/sendmail.spec
index c04f7d7..beec357 100644
--- a/sendmail.spec
+++ b/sendmail.spec
@@ -219,8 +219,8 @@ APPENDDEF(\`confLIBS',\`%{l_ldflags mysql .} -lmysqlclient -lz -lm')dnl
 EOF
 %endif
 
-# on s390x and ppc64, we end up getting NAMED_BIND=1 but no -lbind ?!?!
-%ifarch s390x ppc64
+# on s390x and ppc64 and x86_64, (but not on ia64) we end up getting NAMED_BIND=1 but no -lbind ?!?!
+%ifarch s390x ppc64 x86_64
 cat >> redhat.config.m4 << EOF
 APPENDDEF(\`confLIBS',\` -lbind')dnl
 EOF