diff --git a/rpm/389-ds-base.spec.in b/rpm/389-ds-base.spec.in
index 67dd1984d..89a766de7 100644
--- a/rpm/389-ds-base.spec.in
+++ b/rpm/389-ds-base.spec.in
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ Requires:         cyrus-sasl-md5
 Requires:         cyrus-sasl-plain
 # this is needed for backldbm
 %if %{with libbdb_ro}
-Requires:         %{name}-robdb-libs= %{version}-%{release}
+Requires:         %{name}-robdb-libs= %{version}-%{release}.%{_arch}
 %else
 %if %{without bundle_libdb}
 Requires:         libdb