diff --git a/libratbag.spec b/libratbag.spec
index 4da0612..8832984 100644
--- a/libratbag.spec
+++ b/libratbag.spec
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 Name:           libratbag
 Version:        0.9
-Release:        1%{?gitdate:.%{gitdate}git%{gitversion}}%{?dist}
+Release:        2%{?gitdate:.%{gitdate}git%{gitversion}}%{?dist}
 Summary:        Programmable input device library
 License:        MIT
 URL:            https://github.com/libratbag/libratbag
@@ -51,7 +51,12 @@ developing applications that use liblur.
 %{!?__global_cxxflags: %define __global_cxxflags %{optflags}}
 
 %build
+# s390x builds sometimes fails during the tests, let just disable those
+%ifarch s390x
+%meson -Dudev-dir=%{udevdir} -Denable-documentation=false -Denable-tests=false
+%else
 %meson -Dudev-dir=%{udevdir} -Denable-documentation=false
+%endif
 %meson_build
 
 %check
@@ -98,6 +103,9 @@ udevadm hwdb --update >/dev/null 2>&1 || :
 %{_libdir}/pkgconfig/liblur.pc
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Jun 07 2017 Benjamin Tissoires <benjamin.tissoires@redhat.com> 0.9-2
+- disable tests on s390x because they seem to fail without good reasons
+
 * Tue Jun 06 2017 Benjamin Tissoires <benjamin.tissoires@redhat.com> 0.9-1
 - libratbag v0.9
 - new manpage for lur-command