diff --git a/configure_arm_fix.patch b/configure_arm_fix.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c6c67f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/configure_arm_fix.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+## Description: add some description
+## Origin/Author: add some origin or author
+## Bug: bug URL
+Index: openmpi-1.5.4/configure
+===================================================================
+--- openmpi-1.5.4.orig/configure	2011-08-18 16:49:03.000000000 +0300
++++ openmpi-1.5.4/configure	2012-01-20 18:12:48.959184193 +0200
+@@ -26943,7 +26943,7 @@
+             OMPI_GCC_INLINE_ASSIGN='"bis $31,$31,%0" : "=&r"(ret)'
+             ;;
+ 
+-        armv7*)
++        arm*)
+             ompi_cv_asm_arch="ARM"
+             OPAL_ASM_SUPPORT_64BIT=1
+             OMPI_GCC_INLINE_ASSIGN='"mov %0, #0" : "=&r"(ret)'
diff --git a/openmpi.spec b/openmpi.spec
index e289f12..58a46bb 100644
--- a/openmpi.spec
+++ b/openmpi.spec
@@ -116,6 +116,7 @@ Contains development headers and libraries for openmpi
 %prep
 %setup -q -n openmpi-%{version}
 %patch0 -p1 -b .removed
+%patch1 -p1 -b .arm
 # Make sure we don't use the local libltdl library
 rm -r opal/libltdl