diff --git a/ruby.spec b/ruby.spec
index a27c672..3cab42d 100644
--- a/ruby.spec
+++ b/ruby.spec
@@ -9,7 +9,10 @@ Release:	7.fc6
 License:	Ruby License/GPL - see COPYING
 URL:		http://www.ruby-lang.org/
 BuildRoot:	%{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-root
-BuildRequires:	readline readline-devel ncurses ncurses-devel gdbm gdbm-devel glibc-devel tcl-devel tk-devel libX11-devel autoconf gcc unzip openssl-devel db4-devel emacs byacc
+BuildRequires:	readline readline-devel ncurses ncurses-devel gdbm gdbm-devel glibc-devel tcl-devel tk-devel libX11-devel autoconf gcc unzip openssl-devel db4-devel byacc
+%ifnarch ppc64
+BuildRequires:	emacs
+%endif
 
 Source0:	ftp://ftp.ruby-lang.org/pub/%{name}/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
 ##Source1:	ftp://ftp.ruby-lang.org/pub/%{name}/doc/%{name}-man-%{manver}.tar.gz