diff --git a/SPECS/java-1.8.0-openjdk.spec b/SPECS/java-1.8.0-openjdk.spec
index 591a396..3d85e71 100644
--- a/SPECS/java-1.8.0-openjdk.spec
+++ b/SPECS/java-1.8.0-openjdk.spec
@@ -1544,6 +1544,8 @@ do
   fi
 done
 
+# Disabled on armhfp
+%ifnarch %{arm}
 # Make sure gdb can do a backtrace based on line numbers on libjvm.so
 gdb -q "$JAVA_HOME/bin/java" <<EOF | tee gdb.out
 handle SIGSEGV pass nostop noprint
@@ -1557,6 +1559,7 @@ end
 run -version
 EOF
 grep 'JavaCallWrapper::JavaCallWrapper' gdb.out
+%endif
 
 # Check src.zip has all sources. See RHBZ#1130490
 jar -tf $JAVA_HOME/src.zip | grep 'sun.misc.Unsafe'
@@ -1968,6 +1971,9 @@ require "copy_jdk_configs.lua"
 %endif
 
 %changelog
+* Wed May  9 2018 Fabian Arrotin <arrfab@centos.org>
+- disabled gdb test as segfaults on armhfp
+
 * Tue Apr 17 2018 Andrew Hughes <gnu.andrew@redhat.com> - 1:1.8.0.171-7.b10
 - Bump release number to be greater than RHEL 7.6 package to allow build with .el7 suffix
 - Resolves: rhbz#1559766