diff --git a/rdma-core.spec b/rdma-core.spec
index 5030a09..6f95cf7 100644
--- a/rdma-core.spec
+++ b/rdma-core.spec
@@ -315,7 +315,13 @@ install -D -m0644 redhat/rdma.fixup-mtrr.awk %{buildroot}%{_libexecdir}/rdma-fix
 install -D -m0755 redhat/rdma.mlx4-setup.sh %{buildroot}%{_libexecdir}/mlx4-setup.sh
 
 # ibacm
+%ifnarch ppc64le
 bin/ib_acme -D . -O
+%else
+# hack alert: working around ib_acme failing on ppc64le
+# bin/ib_acme: error while loading shared libraries: /builddir/build/BUILD/rdma-core-14/lib/libibverbs.so.1: expected localentry:0 `pthread_cond_init'
+touch ibacm_opts.cfg
+%endif
 # multi-lib conflict resolution hacks (bug 1429362)
 sed -i -e 's|%{_libdir}|/usr/lib|' %{buildroot}%{_mandir}/man7/ibacm_prov.7
 sed -i -e 's|%{_libdir}|/usr/lib|' ibacm_opts.cfg