diff --git a/monodevelop.spec b/monodevelop.spec
index e8fa97c..3737906 100644
--- a/monodevelop.spec
+++ b/monodevelop.spec
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 Summary: A full-featured IDE for Mono and Gtk sharp
 Name: monodevelop
 Version: 0.17
-Release: 2%{?dist}
+Release: 3%{?dist}
 License: GPL
 Group: Development/Tools
 Source0: http://go-mono.com/sources/%{name}/%{name}-%{version}.tar.bz2
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ BuildRequires: gecko-sharp2-devel gtk-sharp2-devel gnome-sharp-devel
 BuildRequires: autoconf libtool automake mono-nunit-devel mono-nunit
 Requires: mono-core, ikvm, boo, monodoc, gecko-sharp2, gtksourceview-sharp bytefx-data-mysql mono-data-postgresql mono-data-sybase mono-data-oracle, mono-nunit, apr, gtk-sharp2-gapi, gnome-sharp, firefox > 1.99, xsp, subversion
 
+excludearch: ppc64
+
 %description
 This package provides MonoDevelop, a full-featured IDE for Mono
 with syntax colouring, code completion, debugging, project 
@@ -86,6 +88,9 @@ update-desktop-database &> /dev/null || :
 %{__rm} -rf %{buildroot}
 
 %changelog
+* Sun Nov 11 2007 Paul F. Johnson <paul@all-the-johnsons.co.uk> 0.17-3
+- excludearch ppc64
+
 * Sun Nov 11 2007 David Nielsen <david@lovesunix.net> - 0.17-2
 - Remove support for Fedora < 5
 - rediff config patch