diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 483a6b12d..c1b131acd 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -27,10 +27,18 @@ TAR_REPRODUCIBLE = tar --mtime="@${SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH}" --sort=name --owner=0 --g
 # (Note we should also make installation of the units conditional on the rhsm feature)
 CARGO_FEATURES ?= $(shell . /usr/lib/os-release; if echo "$$ID_LIKE" |grep -qF rhel; then echo rhsm; fi)
 
+# https://issues.redhat.com/browse/RHEL-116881
+ARCH ?= $(shell uname -m)
+ID ?= $(shell [ -f /etc/os-release ] && . /etc/os-release && echo $$ID)
+VERSION_ID ?= $(shell [ -f /etc/os-release ] && . /etc/os-release && echo $$VERSION_ID)
+ifeq ($(ARCH)-$(ID)-$(VERSION_ID),s390x-centos-10)
+CARGO_BUILD_ENV ?= MALLOC_MMAP_MAX_=0
+endif
+
 all: bin manpages
 
 bin:
-	cargo build --release --features "$(CARGO_FEATURES)"
+	$(CARGO_BUILD_ENV) cargo build --release --features "$(CARGO_FEATURES)"
 
 .PHONY: manpages
 manpages:
diff --git a/contrib/packaging/bootc.spec b/contrib/packaging/bootc.spec
index 1e5c10ecd..245259692 100644
--- a/contrib/packaging/bootc.spec
+++ b/contrib/packaging/bootc.spec
@@ -95,6 +95,13 @@ cat vendor-config.toml >> .cargo/config.toml
 rm vendor-config.toml
 
 %build
+# https://issues.redhat.com/browse/RHEL-116881
+%if 0%{?rhel} >= 10
+if test $(arch) = s390x; then
+  export MALLOC_MMAP_MAX_=0
+fi
+%endif
+
 # Build the main bootc binary
 %if %new_cargo_macros
     %cargo_build %{?with_rhsm:-f rhsm}