diff --git a/SOURCES/disable_loading_dmidecodemodule_on_non_x86_64.patch b/SOURCES/disable_loading_dmidecodemodule_on_non_x86_64.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b78d5c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/SOURCES/disable_loading_dmidecodemodule_on_non_x86_64.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+diff --git a/src/dmidecodemodule.c b/src/dmidecodemodule.c
+index 1056a8fe9422..a4500bdd81ac 100644
+--- a/src/dmidecodemodule.c
++++ b/src/dmidecodemodule.c
+@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
+  *. ******* AUTOHEADER END v1.1 ******* */
+ 
+ #include <Python.h>
++#include <sys/utsname.h>
+ 
+ #include <libxml/tree.h>
+ #include "libxml_wrap.h"
+@@ -679,6 +680,9 @@ static PyObject * dmidecode_clear_warnings(PyObject *self, PyObject *null)
+         Py_RETURN_TRUE;
+ }
+ 
++static PyMethodDef DMIDataMethods_Dummy[] = {
++        {NULL, NULL, 0, NULL}
++};
+ 
+ static PyMethodDef DMIDataMethods[] = {
+         {(char *)"dump", dmidecode_dump, METH_NOARGS, (char *)"Dump dmidata to set file"},
+@@ -770,6 +774,10 @@ PyMODINIT_FUNC initdmidecodemod(void)
+         PyObject *module = NULL;
+         PyObject *version = NULL;
+         options *opt;
++        struct utsname buf;
++
++        if (uname(&buf))
++                return;
+ 
+         xmlInitParser();
+         xmlXPathInit();
+@@ -777,17 +785,22 @@ PyMODINIT_FUNC initdmidecodemod(void)
+         opt = (options *) malloc(sizeof(options)+2);
+         memset(opt, 0, sizeof(options)+2);
+         init(opt);
+-        module = Py_InitModule3((char *)"dmidecodemod", DMIDataMethods,
+-                                "Python extension module for dmidecode");
+ 
+-        version = PyString_FromString(VERSION);
+-        Py_INCREF(version);
+-        PyModule_AddObject(module, "version", version);
++        if (memcmp(buf.machine, "x86_64", 6))
++                module = Py_InitModule3((char *)"dmidecodemod", DMIDataMethods_Dummy,
++                                "Python extension module for dummy dmidecode");
++        else {
++                module = Py_InitModule3((char *)"dmidecodemod", DMIDataMethods,
++                                "Python extension module for dmidecode");
+ 
+-        opt->dmiversion_n = dmidecode_get_version(opt);
+-        dmiver = dmixml_GetContent(opt->dmiversion_n);
+-        PyModule_AddObject(module, "dmi", dmiver ? PyString_FromString(dmiver) : Py_None);
++                version = PyString_FromString(VERSION);
++                Py_INCREF(version);
++                PyModule_AddObject(module, "version", version);
+ 
++                opt->dmiversion_n = dmidecode_get_version(opt);
++                dmiver = dmixml_GetContent(opt->dmiversion_n);
++                PyModule_AddObject(module, "dmi", dmiver ? PyString_FromString(dmiver) : Py_None);
++        }
+         // Assign this options struct to the module as well with a destructor, that way it will
+         // clean up the memory for us.
+         PyModule_AddObject(module, "options", PyCObject_FromVoidPtr(opt, destruct_options));
+diff --git a/unit-tests/unit b/unit-tests/unit
+index 8f9184b098c2..6e032a0c18d1 100755
+--- a/unit-tests/unit
++++ b/unit-tests/unit
+@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
+ from pprint import pprint
+ import os, sys, random, tempfile, time
+ import commands
++import platform
+ from getopt import getopt
+ 
+ # Setup temporary sys.path() with our build dir
+@@ -135,8 +136,16 @@ def vwrite(msg, vLevel=0):
+         sys.stdout.write(msg)
+         sys.stdout.flush()
+ 
++def get_machine():
++    return platform.machine()
++
+ ################################################################################
+ 
++# no need to test on non-x86_64
++if get_machine() != "x86_64":
++    print("No need to test on non-x86_64.")
++    sys.exit(0)
++
+ #. Let's ignore warnings from the module for the test units...
+ err = open('/dev/null', 'a+', 0)
+ os.dup2(err.fileno(), sys.stderr.fileno())
diff --git a/SPECS/python-dmidecode.spec b/SPECS/python-dmidecode.spec
index 3edcf34..0b647c1 100644
--- a/SPECS/python-dmidecode.spec
+++ b/SPECS/python-dmidecode.spec
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 Summary: Python module to access DMI data
 Name: python-dmidecode
 Version: 3.12.2
-Release: 3%{?dist}
+Release: 4%{?dist}
 License: GPLv2
 Group: System Environment/Libraries
 URL: https://github.com/nima/python-dmidecode/
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ ExcludeArch: s390x
 
 Patch0: disable-old-smbios-warning.patch
 Patch1: revert-interface-changes.patch
+Patch2: disable_loading_dmidecodemodule_on_non_x86_64.patch
 
 %description
 python-dmidecode is a python extension module that uses the
@@ -29,6 +30,7 @@ as python data structures or as XML data using libxml2.
 %setup -q
 %patch0 -p1
 %patch1 -p1
+%patch2 -p1
 
 %build
 make build
@@ -56,6 +58,10 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 %{_datadir}/python-dmidecode/
 
 %changelog
+* Fri Aug 02 2019 Lianbo Jiang <lijiang@redhat.com> - 3.12.2-4
+- Disable loading the dmidecodemodule on non-x86_64
+- Resolves: #1688725
+
 * Sun Jul 22 2018 Lianbo Jiang <lijiang@redhat.com> - 3.12.2-3
 - Modified upstream URL reference
 - Resolves: #1583926