diff --git a/lhapdf.spec b/lhapdf.spec
index 4345928..85d42de 100644
--- a/lhapdf.spec
+++ b/lhapdf.spec
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 Name:		lhapdf
 Version:	5.8.9
-Release:	3%{?dist}
+Release:	4%{?dist}
 Summary:	Les Houches Accord PDF Interface
 Group:		System Environment/Libraries
 
@@ -165,7 +165,9 @@ mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/%{name}/PDFsets
 install -m 644 -p PDFsets/* %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/%{name}/PDFsets
 
 %check
+%ifnarch s390
 make check
+%endif
 
 %post -p /sbin/ldconfig
 
@@ -210,6 +212,9 @@ make check
 %doc ccwrap/doxy/html COPYING
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Jun 18 2013 Dan Horák <dan[at]danny.cz> - 5.8.9-4
+- don't run check on s390 - OOM when loading the library in Octave
+
 * Wed Jun 05 2013 Mattias Ellert <mattias.ellert@fysast.uu.se> - 5.8.9-3
 - Make doc package independent