diff --git a/secilc.spec b/secilc.spec
index 69f0409..8c56bf6 100644
--- a/secilc.spec
+++ b/secilc.spec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Name:           secilc
 Version:        2.4
-Release:        5%{?dist}
+Release:        6%{?dist}
 Summary:        The SELinux CIL Compiler
 
 License:        BSD
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ for more information about the goals and features on the CIL language.
 
 %build
 pushd cil
-make %{?_smp_mflags} CFLAGS="%{optflags}"
+make %{?_smp_mflags} CFLAGS="%{optflags}" LIBSEPOL_STATIC=%{_libdir}/libsepol.a
 pushd docs
 make %{?_smp_mflags}
 popd
@@ -61,6 +61,9 @@ popd
 %license cil/COPYING
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Sep 01 2015 Marcin Juszkiewicz <mjuszkiewicz@redhat.com> - 2.4-6
+- tell make where libsepol.a is to fix FTBFS on non-x86 64-bit archs - rhbz#1249522
+
 * Wed Jul 29 2015 Petr Lautrbach <plautrba@redhat.com> 2.4-5
 - secilc-doc do not need the base package
 - Fedora package review https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1245270