diff --git a/community/openexr/APKBUILD b/community/openexr/APKBUILD
index 166684abaa5..da4d43c3eac 100644
--- a/community/openexr/APKBUILD
+++ b/community/openexr/APKBUILD
@@ -71,6 +71,13 @@ source="$pkgname-$pkgver.tar.gz::https://github.com/openexr/openexr/archive/v$pk
 #     - CVE-2017-9115
 #     - CVE-2017-9116
 
+case "$CARCH" in
+s390x)
+	# fails a bunch of tests
+	options="$options !check"
+	;;
+esac
+
 build() {
 	CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -O2 -flto=auto" \
 	CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS -O2 -flto=auto" \