diff --git a/pcp.spec b/pcp.spec
index ffde623..6a18408 100644
--- a/pcp.spec
+++ b/pcp.spec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Name:    pcp
 Version: 4.0.0
-Release: 1%{?dist}
+Release: 2%{?dist}
 Summary: System-level performance monitoring and performance management
 License: GPLv2+ and LGPLv2.1+ and CC-BY
 URL:     http://www.pcp.io
@@ -74,11 +74,15 @@ Source4: %{github}/pcp-webapp-blinkenlights/archive/1.0.0/pcp-webapp-blinkenligh
 
 # support for pmdabcc
 %if 0%{?fedora} >= 25 || 0%{?rhel} > 7
+%ifarch s390 s390x armv7hl aarch64 i686
+%global disable_bcc 1
+%else
 %if !%{disable_python3}
 %global disable_bcc 0
 %else
 %global disable_bcc 1
 %endif
+%endif
 %else
 %global disable_bcc 1
 %endif
@@ -3296,6 +3300,9 @@ cd
 %endif
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Feb 20 2018 Nathan Scott <nathans@redhat.com> - 4.0.0-2
+- Disable pmdabcc on architectures without BCC/eBPF support.
+
 * Fri Feb 16 2018 Nathan Scott <nathans@redhat.com> - 4.0.0-1
 - pcp-atopsar: robustness around missing data (BZ 1508028)
 - python pmcc method checking for missing metrics (BZ 1508026)