diff --git a/dpdk.spec b/dpdk.spec
index 1d833ae..4a4e68c 100644
--- a/dpdk.spec
+++ b/dpdk.spec
@@ -155,7 +155,9 @@ EXTRA_RPM_LDFLAGS=$(wdiff -3 -n ./noopts.txt ./opts.txt | sed -e"/^=\+$/d" -e"/^
 rm -f obj.o
 
 export EXTRA_CFLAGS="$(echo %{optflags} | sed -e 's:-Wall::g' -e 's:-march=[[:alnum:]]* ::g') -Wformat -fPIC %{_hardening_ldflags}"
+%ifarch x86_64 i686
 export EXTRA_CFLAGS="$EXTRA_CFLAGS -fcf-protection=full"
+%endif
 export EXTRA_LDFLAGS=$(echo %{__global_ldflags} | sed -e's/-Wl,//g' -e's/-spec.*//')
 export HOST_EXTRA_CFLAGS="$EXTRA_CFLAGS $EXTRA_RPM_LDFLAGS"
 export EXTRA_HOST_LDFLAGS=$(echo %{__global_ldflags} | sed -e's/-spec.*//')