diff --git a/meta/recipes-kernel/libpfm/libpfm4_4.3.0.bb b/meta/recipes-kernel/libpfm/libpfm4_4.3.0.bb
index 460029f..438dbc3 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-kernel/libpfm/libpfm4_4.3.0.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-kernel/libpfm/libpfm4_4.3.0.bb
@@ -24,3 +24,6 @@ S = "${WORKDIR}/libpfm-${PV}"
 do_install () {
 	oe_runmake install
 }
+
+# oprofile depends on it only for ppc* and it fails to build on arm
+EXCLUDE_FROM_WORLD = "1"