diff --git a/roles/koji_builder/tasks/main.yml b/roles/koji_builder/tasks/main.yml
index 40d5cde8c2..b4c6358d88 100644
--- a/roles/koji_builder/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/koji_builder/tasks/main.yml
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@
   service: name=virtlogd state=started enabled=yes
   tags:
   - koji_builder
-  when: ansible_distribution_major_version|int > 23
+  when: ansible_distribution_major_version|int > 23 and ansible_architecture != 's390x'
 
 - name: build /etc/kojid/kojid.conf from group vars
   template: src=kojid.conf dest=/etc/kojid/kojid.conf