diff --git a/fwupdate.spec.in b/fwupdate.spec.in
index 267ddc1..b249ed1 100644
--- a/fwupdate.spec.in
+++ b/fwupdate.spec.in
@@ -12,7 +12,10 @@ BuildRequires:  efivar-devel >= %{efivar_version}
 BuildRequires:  gnu-efi gnu-efi-devel
 BuildRequires:  pesign
 BuildRequires:  elfutils popt-devel git gettext pkgconfig
-BuildRequires:  systemd libsmbios-devel
+BuildRequires:  systemd
+%ifarch x86_64 %{ix86}
+BuildRequires:	libsmbios-devel
+%endif
 ExclusiveArch:  x86_64 %{ix86} aarch64
 Source0:        https://github.com/rhinstaller/fwupdate/releases/download/%{name}-%{version}/%{name}-%{version}.tar.bz2
 
diff --git a/linux/Makefile b/linux/Makefile
index 28f46d3..5122e48 100644
--- a/linux/Makefile
+++ b/linux/Makefile
@@ -6,7 +6,14 @@ include $(TOPDIR)/Make.defaults
 
 LIB_LIBS= pthread
 BIN_LIBS= popt pthread
-PKLIBS	= efivar efiboot libsmbios_c
+PKLIBS	= efivar efiboot
+HAVE_LIBSMBIOS=no
+ifeq ($(ARCH),x86_64)
+	HAVE_LIBSMBIOS=yes
+endif
+ifeq ($(ARCH),ia32)
+	HAVE_LIBSMBIOS=yes
+endif
 CFLAGS	?= -g -O0
 PJONES  =
 BIN_CCLDFLAGS = $(foreach lib,$(BIN_LIBS),-l$(lib)) \
@@ -18,6 +25,10 @@ LIB_CCLDFLAGS = $(foreach lib,$(LIB_LIBS),-l$(lib)) \
 		$(shell pkg-config --libs-only-l --libs-only-other $(pklib))) \
 	$(LDFLAGS) -shared -fPIC -Wl,-z,relro,-z,now
 
+ifeq ($(HAVE_LIBSMBIOS),yes)
+	PKLIBS += libsmbios_c
+	CFLAGS += -DFWUPDATE_HAVE_LIBSMBIOS__
+endif
 BUILDFLAGS := $(CFLAGS) -Wall -Wextra -Werror -Wno-error=cpp \
 	-Wno-unused-result -Wno-unused-function \
 	-Wsign-compare -Werror=sign-compare \
diff --git a/linux/libfwup.c b/linux/libfwup.c
index da8af8b..079fbe5 100644
--- a/linux/libfwup.c
+++ b/linux/libfwup.c
@@ -32,9 +32,12 @@
 static int verbose;
 #include "error.h"
 
+#ifdef FWUPDATE_HAVE_LIBSMBIOS__
 #include </usr/include/smbios_c/token.h>
+
 #define DELL_CAPSULE_FIRMWARE_UPDATES_ENABLED 0x0461
 #define DELL_CAPSULE_FIRMWARE_UPDATES_DISABLED 0x0462
+#endif
 
 static char *arch_names_32[] = {
 #if defined(__x86_64__) || defined(__i386__) || defined(__i686__)
@@ -98,6 +101,7 @@ efidp_end_entire(efidp_header *dp)
 int
 fwup_esrt_disabled(void)
 {
+#ifdef FWUPDATE_HAVE_LIBSMBIOS__
 	if (!token_is_bool(DELL_CAPSULE_FIRMWARE_UPDATES_DISABLED))
 		return -1;
 	if (!token_is_active(DELL_CAPSULE_FIRMWARE_UPDATES_DISABLED))
@@ -107,6 +111,9 @@ fwup_esrt_disabled(void)
 		return -2;
 	}
 	return 2;
+#else
+	return -1;
+#endif
 }
 
 /*
@@ -122,6 +129,7 @@ fwup_esrt_disabled(void)
 int
 fwup_enable_esrt(void)
 {
+#ifdef FWUPDATE_HAVE_LIBSMBIOS__
 	int rc;
 	rc = fwup_supported();
 	/* can't enable or already enabled */
@@ -148,6 +156,10 @@ fwup_enable_esrt(void)
 		return -3;
 	}
 	return 2;
+#else
+	errno = ENOSYS;
+	return -1;
+#endif
 }
 
 /*