diff --git a/testing/php7-pdlib/APKBUILD b/testing/php7-pdlib/APKBUILD
index f5670fc2ffe..5fa8bd59184 100644
--- a/testing/php7-pdlib/APKBUILD
+++ b/testing/php7-pdlib/APKBUILD
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ makedepends="php7-dev pkgconf php7-bz2"
 source="php-$_extname-$pkgver.tar.gz::https://github.com/goodspb/$_extname/archive/v$pkgver.tar.gz"
 builddir="$srcdir/$_extname-$pkgver"
 
+#disable check on s390x as Frontal face detection failling
+[ "$CARCH" = "s390x" ] && options="!check"
+
 build() {
 	phpize7
 	./configure --prefix=/usr --with-php-config=php-config7
diff --git a/testing/php8-pdlib/APKBUILD b/testing/php8-pdlib/APKBUILD
index da28f04076a..15e670fc98f 100644
--- a/testing/php8-pdlib/APKBUILD
+++ b/testing/php8-pdlib/APKBUILD
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ source="php-$_extname-$pkgver.tar.gz::https://github.com/goodspb/$_extname/archi
 	https://github.com/goodspb/pdlib/commit/a31d3bc709321b784ecd93c983b476a0a298bfa0.patch"
 builddir="$srcdir/$_extname-$pkgver"
 
+#disable check on s390x as Frontal face detection failling
+[ "$CARCH" = "s390x" ] && options="!check"
+
 build() {
 	phpize8
 	./configure --prefix=/usr --with-php-config=php-config8