diff --git a/php-pecl-gearman.spec b/php-pecl-gearman.spec
index ea2d2a1..6efd9f8 100644
--- a/php-pecl-gearman.spec
+++ b/php-pecl-gearman.spec
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@ License:	PHP
 URL:		http://gearman.org
 Source0:	http://pecl.php.net/get/%{pecl_name}-%{version}.tgz
 
+# as gearmand
+ExcludeArch: ppc ppc64
+
 BuildRequires:	libgearman-devel > 1.1.0
 BuildRequires:	php-devel
 BuildRequires:	php-pear