diff --git a/cereal.spec b/cereal.spec
index bb4f0c3..35f1177 100644
--- a/cereal.spec
+++ b/cereal.spec
@@ -45,7 +45,11 @@ This package contains development headers and libraries for the cereal library
 %cmake_install
 
 %check
-%ctest
+# https://github.com/USCiLab/cereal/issues/744
+%ifarch ppc64le
+%global testargs --exclude-regex '\(test_complex\|test_pod\)'
+%endif
+%ctest  --output-on-failure %{?testargs}
 
 %files devel
 %doc README.md