diff --git a/eccodes.spec b/eccodes.spec
index 4ea1fed..f6abf99 100644
--- a/eccodes.spec
+++ b/eccodes.spec
@@ -8,11 +8,12 @@ Summary:        WMO data format decoding and encoding
 %global so_version_f90   0.1
 %global datapack_date    20200626
 
-# latest fedora-32 grib_api version is 1.27.0-7
+# latest fedora-33 grib_api version is 1.27.0-8
 # but this version number is to be updated as soon as we know
 # what the final release of grib_api by upstream will be.
 # latest upstream grib_api release is 1.28.0 (05-Dec-2018)
-# see https://confluence.ecmwf.int/display/GRIB/Home
+# is was written on https://confluence.ecmwf.int/display/GRIB/Home
+# (Note that this page is no longer available, 17-Oct-2020)
 %global final_grib_api_version 1.28.1-1%{?dist}
 
 %ifarch i686 ppc64 s390x armv7hl
@@ -94,7 +95,7 @@ ExcludeArch: i686
 # as explained in bugzilla #1562076
 ExcludeArch: s390x
 # as explained in bugzilla #1562084
-#ExcludeArch: armv7hl
+ExcludeArch: armv7hl
 
 %description
 ecCodes is a package developed by ECMWF which provides an application
@@ -353,8 +354,9 @@ ctest3 -V %{?_smp_mflags}
 %doc %{_datadir}/doc/%{name}/
 
 %changelog
-* Fri Oct 16 2020 Jos de Kloe <josdekloe@gmail.com> - 2.19.0-1
+* Sat Oct 17 2020 Jos de Kloe <josdekloe@gmail.com> - 2.19.0-1
 - Upgrade to upstream version 2.19.0 and remove patch 1
+- Add -fpic to the fortran flags (needed for compiling on armv7hl)
 
 * Wed Aug 05 2020 Jos de Kloe <josdekloe@gmail.com> - 2.18.0-5
 - Adapt the spec file to use the new style cmake macros