diff --git a/xapian-core.spec b/xapian-core.spec
index 231e9cd..e935e5d 100644
--- a/xapian-core.spec
+++ b/xapian-core.spec
@@ -5,7 +5,10 @@ Summary:          An Open Source Probabilistic Information Retrieval Library
 License:          GPLv2+
 URL:              http://www.xapian.org/
 Source0:          http://www.oligarchy.co.uk/xapian/%{version}/%{name}-%{version}.tar.xz
-BuildRequires:    gcc-c++ libuuid-devel zlib-devel valgrind-devel
+BuildRequires:    gcc-c++ libuuid-devel zlib-devel
+%ifarch %{valgrind_arches}
+BuildRequires: valgrind-devel
+%endif
 Provides:         %{name}-libs = %{version}-%{release}
 Obsoletes:        %{name}-libs < %{version}-%{release}