diff --git a/rpm/podman.spec b/rpm/podman.spec
index 864dec2ae6..852b780f67 100644
--- a/rpm/podman.spec
+++ b/rpm/podman.spec
@@ -40,6 +40,9 @@
 # %%{name}
 %global git0 %{container_base_url}/%{name}
 
+# podman-machine subpackage will be present only on these architectures
+%global machine_arches x86_64 aarch64
+
 Name: podman
 %if %{defined copr_build}
 Epoch: 102
@@ -179,6 +182,7 @@ capabilities specified in user quadlets.
 It is a symlink to %{_bindir}/%{name} and execs into the `%{name}sh` container
 when `%{_bindir}/%{name}sh` is set as a login shell or set as os.Args[0].
 
+%ifarch %{machine_arches}
 %package machine
 Summary: Metapackage for setting up %{name} machine
 Requires: %{name} = %{epoch}:%{version}-%{release}
@@ -190,6 +194,7 @@ ExclusiveArch: x86_64 aarch64
 %description machine
 This subpackage installs the dependencies for %{name} machine, for more see:
 https://docs.podman.io/en/latest/markdown/podman-machine.1.html
+%endif
 
 %prep
 %autosetup -Sgit -n %{name}-%{version_no_tilde}
@@ -283,8 +288,10 @@ rm -f %{buildroot}%{_mandir}/man5/docker*.5
 install -d -p %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/%{name}/test/system
 cp -pav test/system %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/%{name}/test/
 
+%ifarch %{machine_arches}
 # symlink virtiofsd in %%{name} libexecdir for machine subpackage
 ln -s ../virtiofsd %{buildroot}%{_libexecdir}/%{name}
+%endif
 
 #define license tag if not already defined
 %{!?_licensedir:%global license %doc}
@@ -339,9 +346,11 @@ ln -s ../virtiofsd %{buildroot}%{_libexecdir}/%{name}
 %{_bindir}/%{name}sh
 %{_mandir}/man1/%{name}sh.1*
 
+%ifarch %{machine_arches}
 %files machine
 %dir %{_libexecdir}/%{name}
 %{_libexecdir}/%{name}/virtiofsd
+%endif
 
 %changelog
 %autochangelog