diff --git a/ceres-solver.spec b/ceres-solver.spec
index 5401eac..521b678 100644
--- a/ceres-solver.spec
+++ b/ceres-solver.spec
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Version:        1.10.0
 # Release candidate versions are messy. Give them a release of
 # e.g. "0.1.0%{?dist}" for RC1 (and remember to adjust the Source0
 # URL). Non-RC releases go back to incrementing integers starting at 1.
-Release:        4%{?dist}
+Release:        5%{?dist}
 Summary:        A non-linear least squares minimizer
 
 Group:          Development/Libraries
@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@ Source0:        http://%{name}.org/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
 Patch1:         0001-Add-SuiteSparse-link-dependency-for-compressed_col_s.patch
 Patch2:         0002-Increase-tolerance-in-small_blas-test-for-Cygwin.patch
 
+# Exclude ppc64 because suitesparse is not available on ppc64
+# https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/epel-devel/2015-May/011193.html
+ExcludeArch: ppc64
+
 %if (0%{?rhel} == 06)
 BuildRequires:  cmake28 >= 2.8.0
 %else
@@ -133,6 +137,9 @@ CTEST_OUTPUT_ON_FAILURE=1 make -C build test
 
 
 %changelog
+* Sat May  9 2015 Taylor Braun-Jones <taylor.braun-jones@ge.com> - 1.10.0-5
+- Exclude ppc64
+
 * Sat May 02 2015 Kalev Lember <kalevlember@gmail.com> - 1.10.0-4
 - Rebuilt for GCC 5 C++11 ABI change