diff --git a/gomtree.spec b/gomtree.spec
index e83ec35..65b92a0 100644
--- a/gomtree.spec
+++ b/gomtree.spec
@@ -32,9 +32,11 @@
 %global commit          b9e743fdf051f0bc48651d0aa2c10d1bb3f801b5
 %global shortcommit     %(c=%{commit}; echo ${c:0:7})
 
+ExcludeArch: ppc64 
+
 Name:           gomtree
 Version:        0.3.1
-Release:        1%{?dist}
+Release:        2%{?dist}
 Summary:        Go CLI tool for mtree support
 License:        BSD
 URL:            https://%{provider_prefix}
@@ -178,6 +180,9 @@ export GOPATH=%{buildroot}/%{gopath}:$(pwd)/Godeps/_workspace:%{gopath}
 %endif
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Apr 25 2017 bbaude <bbaude@redhat.com> - 0.3.1-2
+- No golang support for ppc64. BZ #1445491
+
 * Fri Feb 17 2017 Lokesh Mandvekar <lsm5@fedoraproject.org> - 0.3.1-1
 - bump to v0.3.1