diff --git a/vdo.spec b/vdo.spec
index 5cdc836d1ea9aba6e5722ebb605d59176faf0f27..f245f0caf4e32aaa965224c25f40e602de80f889 100644
--- a/vdo.spec
+++ b/vdo.spec
@@ -12,7 +12,10 @@ Patch0001:      0001-utils-fileUtils-Fix-null-string.patch
 Patch0002:      0002-Ignore-misaligned-pointers.patch
 
 BuildRequires:  gcc libuuid-devel device-mapper-devel device-mapper-event-devel
-BuildRequires:  valgrind-devel python3 python3-devel zlib-devel systemd
+BuildRequires:  python3 python3-devel zlib-devel systemd
+%ifarch %{valgrind_arches}
+ BuildRequires: valgrind-devel
+%endif  
 %{?systemd_requires}
 Requires:       lvm2 >= 2.02 python3-PyYAML >= 3.10 libuuid >= 2.23 kmod-kvdo >= 6.2 util-linux >= 2.32.1
 Provides:       kvdo-kmod-common = %{version}