diff --git a/hsqldb.spec b/hsqldb.spec
index 3b9954a..1bdf53c 100644
--- a/hsqldb.spec
+++ b/hsqldb.spec
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ URL:            http://hsqldb.sourceforge.net/
 
 Group:          Development/Java
 BuildArch:      noarch
+# Java stack is not supported on x86_32
+ExcludeArch: %{ix86}
 
 Source0:        http://downloads.sourceforge.net/hsqldb/%{name}-%{version}.zip
 Source1:        %{name}.cfg