diff --git a/libguestfs.spec b/libguestfs.spec
index 4ccf724..30f3ddc 100644
--- a/libguestfs.spec
+++ b/libguestfs.spec
@@ -763,6 +763,9 @@ fi
   --with-extra="fedora=%{fedora},release=%{release},libvirt" \
   --with-qemu="qemu-kvm qemu-system-%{_build_arch} qemu" \
   --enable-install-daemon \
+%ifnarch %{golang_arches}
+  --disable-golang \
+%endif
   $extra
 
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