diff --git a/gawk.spec b/gawk.spec
index 31e780d..45ad9a5 100644
--- a/gawk.spec
+++ b/gawk.spec
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ text processing.
 
 %package devel
 Summary:          Header file for gawk extensions development
-Requires:         %{name} = %{version}-%{release}
+Requires:         %{name}%{?_isa} = %{version}-%{release}
 
 %description devel
 This subpackage provides /usr/include/gawkapi.h header file, which contains
@@ -271,6 +271,7 @@ fi
 %changelog
 * Thu Nov 23 2017 David Kaspar [Dee'Kej] <dkaspar@redhat.com> - 4.2.0-2
 - 'noarch' removed from *-devel subpackage
+- added arch requirement for *-devel subpackage
 - updated the build process to use %%make_build macro
 
 * Tue Nov 07 2017 David Kaspar [Dee'Kej] <dkaspar@redhat.com> - 4.2.0-1