diff --git a/blender.spec b/blender.spec
index b849be7..ac4c137 100644
--- a/blender.spec
+++ b/blender.spec
@@ -144,6 +144,10 @@ Requires:       python3-numpy
 Requires:       python3-requests
 Provides:       blender(ABI) = %{blender_api}
 
+# Temporarily disable some secondary architectures
+# until the issue gets resolved
+ExcludeArch:	ppc64le, s390x
+
 %description
 Blender is the essential software solution you need for 3D, from modeling,
 animation, rendering and post-production to interactive creation and playback.
@@ -191,11 +195,11 @@ mkdir cmake-make
 %build
 pushd cmake-make
 
-%ifarch ppc64le
+#%%ifarch ppc64le
 # Disable altivec for now, bug 1393157
 # https://lists.blender.org/pipermail/bf-committers/2016-November/047844.html
-export CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS -mno-altivec"
-%endif
+#export CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS -mno-altivec"
+#%%endif
 
 %cmake .. \
 %ifnarch %{ix86} x86_64
@@ -324,6 +328,7 @@ fi
 %changelog
 * Wed Aug 14 2019 Luya Tshimbalanga <luya@fedoraproject.org> - 1:2.80-3
 - Set embree dependency to x86_64 architecture
+- Temporarily disable build for ppc64le and s390x
 
 * Tue Jul 30 2019 Luya Tshimbalanga <luya@fedoraproject.org> - 1:2.80-2
 - Enable embree, webp and bzip support