diff --git a/fish.spec b/fish.spec
index 2cda1ff..7824780 100644
--- a/fish.spec
+++ b/fish.spec
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ License:                GPLv2
 URL:                    http://fishshell.com/
 Source0:                http://fishshell.com/files/%{version}/fish-%{version}.tar.gz
 
+# fish tests fail for ppc64le
+ExcludeArch:            ppc64le
+
 %if 0%{?rhel}
 Patch0:                 fish-use-usrbinpython34.patch
 %else
@@ -118,6 +121,7 @@ fi
 * Sat Jan 02 2016 Oliver Haessler <oliver@redhat.com> - 2.2.0-7
 - included patch directly into the spec file
 - added new patch for using python3.4 on EPEL 7
+- excluded ppc64le as the fish_tests fail for this arch
 
 * Mon Dec 21 2015 Oliver Haessler <oliver@redhat.com> - 2.2.0-6
 - added new patch for EL7 build