diff --git a/srcpkgs/libvirt/template b/srcpkgs/libvirt/template
index cb927a7f7a9..d48cb41b4e1 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libvirt/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libvirt/template
@@ -20,8 +20,11 @@ makedepends="readline-devel>=6.3 libcap-ng-devel libnl3-devel attr-devel
  gnutls-devel>=3.1.5 libsasl-devel libcurl-devel libpcap-devel libxml2-devel
  libparted-devel device-mapper-devel dbus-devel libudev-devel>=183
  libpciaccess-devel avahi-libs-devel polkit-devel yajl-devel
- python-devel libssh2-devel libnuma-devel libcap-ng-devel fuse-devel
+ python-devel libssh2-devel libcap-ng-devel fuse-devel
  lvm2 parted"
+if [ "$XBPS_MACHINE" = "i686" -o "$XBPS_MACHINE" = "x86_64" ]; then
+	makedepends+=" libnuma-devel"
+fi
 depends="lvm2 parted"
 conf_files="
 	/etc/libvirt/libvirt.conf