diff --git a/golang-github-rcrowley-metrics.spec b/golang-github-rcrowley-metrics.spec
index 82e2969..f1c832b 100644
--- a/golang-github-rcrowley-metrics.spec
+++ b/golang-github-rcrowley-metrics.spec
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 # Generated by go2rpm
+# https://github.com/rcrowley/go-metrics/issues/249
+%ifnarch s390x aarch64 ppc64le
 %bcond_without check
+%endif
 
 # https://github.com/rcrowley/go-metrics
 %global goipath         github.com/rcrowley/go-metrics