diff --git a/rubygem-msgpack.spec b/rubygem-msgpack.spec
index 6dce67d..9bf6c9a 100644
--- a/rubygem-msgpack.spec
+++ b/rubygem-msgpack.spec
@@ -49,12 +49,15 @@ cp -ar .%{gem_extdir_mri}/{gem.build_complete,%{gem_name}} %{buildroot}%{gem_ext
 # Prevent dangling symlink in -debuginfo (rhbz#878863).
 rm -rf %{buildroot}%{gem_instdir}/ext/
 
-# Run the test suite
+# Disable the test suite for ppc64le
+# https://github.com/msgpack/msgpack-ruby/issues/265
+%ifnarch ppc64le
 %check
 pushd .%{gem_instdir}
 rm -rf spec/jruby
 rspec -Ilib -I%{buildroot}%{gem_extdir_mri} spec
 popd
+%endif
 
 %files
 %dir %{gem_instdir}