diff --git a/kbd.spec b/kbd.spec
index f8dc3d2..a48ae85 100644
--- a/kbd.spec
+++ b/kbd.spec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Name:           kbd
 Version:        1.15
-Release:        8%{?dist}
+Release:        9%{?dist}
 Summary:        Tools for configuring the console (keyboard, virtual terminals, etc.)
 
 Group:          System Environment/Base
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ Patch5:         kbd-1.15-quiet_doc.patch
 BuildRequires:  bison, flex, gettext
 Conflicts:      util-linux < 2.11r-9
 Requires:       initscripts >= 5.86-1
-ExcludeArch:    s390 s390x
 
 %description
 The %{name} package contains tools for managing a Linux
@@ -106,6 +105,9 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 /lib/kbd
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Aug 26 2009 Karsten Hopp <karsten@redhat.com> 1.15-9
+- drop excludearch s390x, we need this package to be able to build other packages on s390x
+
 * Fri Jul 24 2009 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng@lists.fedoraproject.org> - 1.15-8
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_12_Mass_Rebuild