diff --git a/package/nwipe/Config.in b/package/nwipe/Config.in
index 55e0da2369..afe1db5fae 100644
--- a/package/nwipe/Config.in
+++ b/package/nwipe/Config.in
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 config BR2_PACKAGE_NWIPE
 	bool "nwipe"
+	depends on BR2_x86_64 || BR2_x86_i686
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_NCURSES
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_PARTED
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_COREUTILS
diff --git a/package/nwipe/nwipe.mk b/package/nwipe/nwipe.mk
index 1f99673e5b..d0262c463b 100644
--- a/package/nwipe/nwipe.mk
+++ b/package/nwipe/nwipe.mk
@@ -19,10 +19,10 @@ endif
 ################################################################################
 
 define NWIPE_CHECK_ARCH
-  @case "$(BR2_ARCH)" in \
+	@case "$(BR2_ARCH)" in \
 	i686|x86_64) ;; \
 	*) echo "Unsupported architecture: $(BR2_ARCH)"; exit 1 ;; \
-  esac
+	esac
 endef
 
 NWIPE_PRE_CONFIGURE_HOOKS += NWIPE_CHECK_ARCH