diff --git a/SDL2-ppc64-declaration-after-statement.patch b/SDL2-ppc64-declaration-after-statement.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d9381bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/SDL2-ppc64-declaration-after-statement.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+# https://bugzilla.libsdl.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3466
+# commits 5184186d4366 and fbf9b0e3589a
+#
+diff -udpr SDL2-2.0.5.orig/src/video/SDL_blit_N.c SDL2-2.0.5/src/video/SDL_blit_N.c
+--- SDL2-2.0.5.orig/src/video/SDL_blit_N.c	2016-10-20 05:56:26.000000000 +0200
++++ SDL2-2.0.5/src/video/SDL_blit_N.c	2016-10-23 09:58:57.319897519 +0200
+@@ -118,12 +118,6 @@ calc_swizzle32(const SDL_PixelFormat * s
+         16, 8, 0, 24,
+         0, NULL
+     };
+-    if (!srcfmt) {
+-        srcfmt = &default_pixel_format;
+-    }
+-    if (!dstfmt) {
+-        dstfmt = &default_pixel_format;
+-    }
+     const vector unsigned char plus = VECUINT8_LITERAL(0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
+                                                        0x04, 0x04, 0x04, 0x04,
+                                                        0x08, 0x08, 0x08, 0x08,
+@@ -131,11 +125,20 @@ calc_swizzle32(const SDL_PixelFormat * s
+                                                        0x0C);
+     vector unsigned char vswiz;
+     vector unsigned int srcvec;
++    Uint32 rmask, gmask, bmask, amask;
++
++    if (!srcfmt) {
++        srcfmt = &default_pixel_format;
++    }
++    if (!dstfmt) {
++        dstfmt = &default_pixel_format;
++    }
++
+ #define RESHIFT(X) (3 - ((X) >> 3))
+-    Uint32 rmask = RESHIFT(srcfmt->Rshift) << (dstfmt->Rshift);
+-    Uint32 gmask = RESHIFT(srcfmt->Gshift) << (dstfmt->Gshift);
+-    Uint32 bmask = RESHIFT(srcfmt->Bshift) << (dstfmt->Bshift);
+-    Uint32 amask;
++    rmask = RESHIFT(srcfmt->Rshift) << (dstfmt->Rshift);
++    gmask = RESHIFT(srcfmt->Gshift) << (dstfmt->Gshift);
++    bmask = RESHIFT(srcfmt->Bshift) << (dstfmt->Bshift);
++
+     /* Use zero for alpha if either surface doesn't have alpha */
+     if (dstfmt->Amask) {
+         amask =
+@@ -147,6 +150,7 @@ calc_swizzle32(const SDL_PixelFormat * s
+                           0xFFFFFFFF);
+     }
+ #undef RESHIFT
++
+     ((unsigned int *) (char *) &srcvec)[0] = (rmask | gmask | bmask | amask);
+     vswiz = vec_add(plus, (vector unsigned char) vec_splat(srcvec, 0));
+     return (vswiz);
diff --git a/SDL2.changes b/SDL2.changes
index 0c574c1..a96e491 100644
--- a/SDL2.changes
+++ b/SDL2.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sun Oct 23 08:00:21 UTC 2016 - aloisio@gmx.com
+
+- Backported commit 5184186d4366 and fbf9b0e3589a as
+  SDL2-ppc64-declaration-after-statement.patch to fix build
+  on ppc64/ppc64le 
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Oct 20 13:47:14 UTC 2016 - aloisio@gmx.com
 
diff --git a/SDL2.spec b/SDL2.spec
index f7089ed..9274e2e 100644
--- a/SDL2.spec
+++ b/SDL2.spec
@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@ Source:         http://libsdl.org/release/%name-%version.tar.gz
 Source2:        http://libsdl.org/release/%name-%version.tar.gz.sig
 Source3:        %name.keyring
 Source4:        baselibs.conf
+# PATCH-FIX-UPSTREAM SDL2-declaration-after-statement.patch
+# backported to fix build on Factory/ppc64, cf. https://bugzilla.libsdl.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3466
+Patch0:         %{name}-ppc64-declaration-after-statement.patch
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 BuildRequires:  cmake
 BuildRequires:  dos2unix
@@ -104,6 +107,9 @@ library.
 
 %prep
 %setup -q
+%ifarch ppc64 ppc64le
+%patch0 -p1
+%endif
 dos2unix WhatsNew.txt
 dos2unix TODO.txt
 dos2unix BUGS.txt