diff --git a/SPECS/kexec-tools.spec b/SPECS/kexec-tools.spec
index 080bd72d..8337f635 100644
--- a/SPECS/kexec-tools.spec
+++ b/SPECS/kexec-tools.spec
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+%ifarch ppc64
+%global optflags %(echo %optflags | sed 's/-mvsx//' | sed 's/-mdirect-move//' | sed 's/-mpower8-vector//')
+%endif
+
 Name: kexec-tools
 Version: 2.0.15
 Release: 21%{?dist}