diff --git a/cmake/abi_check.cmake b/cmake/abi_check.cmake

index 98877be9351..23ef2f9d9b3 100644

--- a/cmake/abi_check.cmake

+++ b/cmake/abi_check.cmake

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@

 # only be run  on Unix and only if gcc is used. On some Unixes,

 # (Solaris) sed or diff might act differently from GNU, so we run only 

 # on systems we can trust.

-IF(APPLE OR CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME MATCHES "Linux")

+IF((APPLE OR CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME MATCHES "Linux") AND NOT CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR STREQUAL "e2k")

  SET(RUN_ABI_CHECK 1)

 ELSE()

  SET(RUN_ABI_CHECK 0)