diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 2f17bf3803..47048f0086 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1823,7 +1823,8 @@ fi
 # libseccomp check
 
 if test "$seccomp" != "no" ; then
-    if $pkg_config --atleast-version=2.1.0 libseccomp; then
+    if test "$cpu" = "i386" || test "$cpu" = "x86_64" &&
+        $pkg_config --atleast-version=2.1.1 libseccomp; then
         libs_softmmu="$libs_softmmu `$pkg_config --libs libseccomp`"
         QEMU_CFLAGS="$QEMU_CFLAGS `$pkg_config --cflags libseccomp`"
 	seccomp="yes"