diff --git a/petsc.spec b/petsc.spec
index 34a83a5..30460d6 100644
--- a/petsc.spec
+++ b/petsc.spec
@@ -33,9 +33,13 @@
 %bcond_without openmpi
 %endif
 
-# We are using blas/lapack on s390x architectures only
-# since openblas is not provided
+## blas is not available on fedora 24
+%if 0%{?fedora} < 25
+ExcludeArch: aarch64
+%endif
+
 %bcond_without blas
+
 #
 ## PETSC looks incompatible with serial MUMPS
 %bcond_with mumps_serial
@@ -126,7 +130,7 @@
 Name:    petsc
 Summary: Portable Extensible Toolkit for Scientific Computation
 Version: 3.7.5
-Release: 3%{?dist}
+Release: 4%{?dist}
 License: BSD
 URL:     https://www.mcs.anl.gov/petsc
 Source0: http://ftp.mcs.anl.gov/pub/petsc/release-snapshots/petsc-%{version}.tar.gz
@@ -879,6 +883,9 @@ make -C buildmpich_dir test
 %endif
 
 %changelog
+* Sun Apr 09 2017 Antonio Trande <sagitter@fedoraproject.org> - 3.7.5-4
+- Exclude aarch64 on fedora < 25
+
 * Sat Mar 25 2017 Antonio Trande <sagitter@fedoraproject.org> - 3.7.5-3
 - Rebuild for MUMPS-5.1.1