diff --git a/libnbd.spec b/libnbd.spec
index e1666f9..8850d03 100644
--- a/libnbd.spec
+++ b/libnbd.spec
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
 Name:           libnbd
 Version:        1.7.1
-Release:        4%{?dist}
+Release:        5%{?dist}
 Summary:        NBD client library in userspace
 
 License:        LGPLv2+
@@ -63,14 +63,14 @@ BuildRequires:  gcc-c++
 BuildRequires:  gnutls-utils
 BuildRequires:  jq
 BuildRequires:  nbd
-BuildRequires:  qemu-img
 BuildRequires:  util-linux
 
-# On RHEL, maybe even in Fedora in future, we do not build nbdkit for
-# i686.  nbdkit is only needed for the test suite so make it optional.
-# This reduces our test exposure on 32 bit platforms, although there
-# is still Fedora/armv7 and some upstream testing.
+# On RHEL, maybe even in Fedora in future, we do not build qemu-img or
+# nbdkit for i686.  These are only needed for the test suite so make
+# them optional.  This reduces our test exposure on 32 bit platforms,
+# although there is still Fedora/armv7 and some upstream testing.
 %ifnarch %{ix86}
+BuildRequires:  qemu-img
 BuildRequires:  nbdkit
 BuildRequires:  nbdkit-data-plugin
 BuildRequires:  nbdkit-eval-plugin
@@ -299,6 +299,9 @@ make %{?_smp_mflags} check || {
 
 
 %changelog
+* Fri Jan 29 2021 Richard W.M. Jones <rjones@redhat.com> - 1.7.1-5
+- Disable BR qemu-img on i686.
+
 * Thu Jan 28 2021 Richard W.M. Jones <rjones@redhat.com> - 1.7.1-3
 - Disable BR nbdkit on i686 because it breaks ELN/RHEL 9.