diff --git a/libmodulemd.spec b/libmodulemd.spec
index c5c1b5f..38b8cb1 100644
--- a/libmodulemd.spec
+++ b/libmodulemd.spec
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 Name:           libmodulemd
 Version:        %{libmodulemd_version}
-Release:        3%{?dist}
+Release:        4%{?dist}
 Summary:        Module metadata manipulation library
 
 License:        MIT
@@ -116,7 +116,11 @@ export MMD_SKIP_VALGRIND=1
 export MMD_SKIP_VALGRIND=1
 %endif
 
+# Don't run tests on armv7 for now. There are problems with
+# performance on the builders and often these time out.
+%ifnarch %{arm}
 %meson_test
+%endif
 
 
 %install
@@ -173,6 +177,9 @@ ln -s libmodulemd.so.%{libmodulemd_v1_version} \
 %{_datadir}/gtk-doc/html/modulemd-1.0/
 
 %changelog
+* Fri Mar 01 2019 Stephen Gallagher <sgallagh@redhat.com> - 2.1.0-4
+- Don't run tests on 32-bit ARM due to performance issues causing timeouts
+
 * Fri Mar 01 2019 Stephen Gallagher <sgallagh@redhat.com> - 2.1.0-3
 - Have python3-libmodulemd1 properly Obsolete libmodulemd and
   python3-libmodulemd < 2.