diff --git a/ghc-glib.spec b/ghc-glib.spec
index f52d918..1cd4d13 100644
--- a/ghc-glib.spec
+++ b/ghc-glib.spec
@@ -83,6 +83,10 @@ This package provides the Haskell %{pkg_name} profiling library.
 
 
 %build
+%ifarch armv7hl
+# no ghc-gtk2hs-buildtools.armv7hl
+%define ghc_static_setup 1
+%endif
 # Begin cabal-rpm build:
 %ghc_lib_build
 # End cabal-rpm build