diff --git a/tests/p_bash/bash_version_info_test.sh b/tests/p_bash/bash_version_info_test.sh
index 7dabba5..988910e 100755
--- a/tests/p_bash/bash_version_info_test.sh
+++ b/tests/p_bash/bash_version_info_test.sh
@@ -5,6 +5,6 @@
 
 t_Log "Running $0 -  check that bash version info is the same with upstream."
 
-bash --version | grep -qE "(i386|i686|x86_64|aarch64|armv7hl)-redhat-linux-gnu"
+bash --version | grep -qE "(i386|i686|x86_64|aarch64|armv7hl|powerpc64le|powerpc64)-redhat-linux-gnu"
 
 t_CheckExitStatus $?
diff --git a/tests/p_grub2/01_grub2_secureboot_signed.sh b/tests/p_grub2/01_grub2_secureboot_signed.sh
index 002dc3c..899a2de 100755
--- a/tests/p_grub2/01_grub2_secureboot_signed.sh
+++ b/tests/p_grub2/01_grub2_secureboot_signed.sh
@@ -3,12 +3,14 @@
 
 t_Log "Running $0 -  Verifying that grub2-efi is correctly signed with correct cert"
 
-if [ "$centos_ver" = "7" ] ; then
+arch=$(uname -m)
+
+if [[ "$centos_ver" = "7" && "$arch" = "x86_64" ]] ; then
   t_InstallPackage pesign grub2-efi
   pesign --show-signature --in /boot/efi/EFI/centos/grubx64.efi|grep -q 'Red Hat Inc.'
   t_CheckExitStatus $?
 else
-  t_log "previous versions than CentOS 7 aren't using secureboot ... skipping"
+  t_Log "previous versions than CentOS 7 - or not x86_64 arch - aren't using secureboot ... skipping"
   exit 0
 fi
 
diff --git a/tests/p_java-1.6.0-openjdk/0-install-openjdk.sh b/tests/p_java-1.6.0-openjdk/0-install-openjdk.sh
index fe40a7a..cee4163 100755
--- a/tests/p_java-1.6.0-openjdk/0-install-openjdk.sh
+++ b/tests/p_java-1.6.0-openjdk/0-install-openjdk.sh
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@
 # Author: Christoph Galuschka <christoph.galuschka@chello.at>
 
 # Install python
-if (t_GetArch | grep -qE 'aarch64')
+if (t_GetArch | grep -qE 'aarch64|armv7hl')
   then
-  echo "Package not included with AArch64, skipping"
+  echo "Package not included for current arch, skipping"
   exit 0
 fi
 
diff --git a/tests/p_java-1.6.0-openjdk/10-test_java.sh b/tests/p_java-1.6.0-openjdk/10-test_java.sh
index 6cf7d9a..75cf358 100755
--- a/tests/p_java-1.6.0-openjdk/10-test_java.sh
+++ b/tests/p_java-1.6.0-openjdk/10-test_java.sh
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # Author: Christoph Galuschka <christoph.galuschka@chello.at>
 
-if (t_GetArch | grep -qE 'aarch64')
+if (t_GetArch | grep -qE 'aarch64|armv7hl')
   then
-  echo "Package not included with AArch64, skipping"
+  echo "Package not included for current arch, skipping"
   exit 0
 fi
 
diff --git a/tests/p_kernel/02_kernel_secureboot_signed.sh b/tests/p_kernel/02_kernel_secureboot_signed.sh
index ec236aa..b538968 100755
--- a/tests/p_kernel/02_kernel_secureboot_signed.sh
+++ b/tests/p_kernel/02_kernel_secureboot_signed.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 t_Log "Running $0 -  Verifying that kernel is correctly signed with correct cert"
 
-if [ "$centos_ver" = "7" ] ; then
+if [[ "$centos_ver" = "7" && "$arch" = "x86_64" ]] ; then
   t_InstallPackage pesign 
   for kernel in $(rpm -q kernel --queryformat '%{version}-%{release}.%{arch}\n') 
     do
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ if [ "$centos_ver" = "7" ] ; then
     t_CheckExitStatus $?
   done
 else
-  t_log "previous versions than CentOS 7 aren't using secureboot ... skipping"
+  t_Log "previous versions than CentOS 7 - or not x86_64 -aren't using secureboot ... skipping"
   exit 0
 fi