diff --git a/slang.spec b/slang.spec
index b0d04e4..8c2bd11 100644
--- a/slang.spec
+++ b/slang.spec
@@ -59,6 +59,9 @@ based on the S-Lang extension language.
 # fix permissions of installed modules
 sed -i '/^INSTALL_MODULE=/s/_DATA//' configure
 
+# disable test failing on 32-bit archs
+sed -i '/TEST_SCRIPTS_SLC = /s/array //' src/test/Makefile
+
 %build
 %configure \
 	--with-{pcre,png,z}lib=%{_libdir} \