diff --git a/ocaml-tplib.spec b/ocaml-tplib.spec
index 13df763..ea1007b 100644
--- a/ocaml-tplib.spec
+++ b/ocaml-tplib.spec
@@ -91,9 +91,16 @@ cp -p %{SOURCE1} %{SOURCE2} %{SOURCE3} %{SOURCE4} %{SOURCE5} %{SOURCE6} \
    %{buildroot}%{_mandir}/man1
 
 %check
+# Disable tests on ppc64le for now.  With ocaml 4.09.0, errors like this occur
+# when linking the tests:
+# _build/src/bindings/libtplib_double.a(tplib_double_callback.obj.o): in function `camlStdlib__arg__assoc3_118':
+# (.text+0xe9258): relocation truncated to fit: R_PPC64_TOC16_DS against `.toc'+101d0
+# (.text+0xe9298): relocation truncated to fit: R_PPC64_TOC16_DS against `.toc'+ffe8
+%ifnarch %{power64}
 make test
 _build/tests/test_tplib_double
 _build/tests/test_tplib_rational
+%endif
 
 %files
 %doc README