diff --git a/clucene.spec b/clucene.spec
index 82f9190..b5a3ce8 100644
--- a/clucene.spec
+++ b/clucene.spec
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 Summary:	A C++ port of Lucene
 Name:		clucene
 Version:	0.9.21
-Release:	4%{?dist}
+Release:	5%{?dist}
 License:	LGPLv2+ or ASL 2.0
 Group:		Development/System
 URL:		http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/clucene
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ popd
 
 # Run the tests 
 ## It currently fails 2 tests for ppc64 builds, upstream is looking into it.
-%ifnarch ppc64 s390x
+%ifnarch ppc64 s390x sparc64
 %check
 pushd %{name}-core-%{version}
 make check
@@ -167,6 +167,9 @@ rm -rf %{buildroot}
 %endif
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Nov 04 2009 Dennis Gilmore <dennis@ausil.us> - 0.9.21-5
+- disable 'make check on sparc64 along with ppc64 and s390x
+
 * Fri Jul 24 2009 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng@lists.fedoraproject.org> - 0.9.21-4
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_12_Mass_Rebuild