diff --git a/ghc-bootstrap.changes b/ghc-bootstrap.changes
index 640a9a4..fc122f8 100644
--- a/ghc-bootstrap.changes
+++ b/ghc-bootstrap.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu May 21 11:48:31 UTC 2020 - Peter Trommler <ptrommler@icloud.com>
+
+- Add numa-devel requirement
+  * fixes ghc-bootstrap-helpers builds on ppc64, ppc64le
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed May  6 14:02:54 UTC 2020 - Peter Simons <psimons@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/ghc-bootstrap.spec b/ghc-bootstrap.spec
index 40421d4..2671002 100644
--- a/ghc-bootstrap.spec
+++ b/ghc-bootstrap.spec
@@ -90,6 +90,9 @@ Requires:       binutils-gold
 %ifarch s390x riscv64
 BuildRequires:  libffi-devel
 %endif
+%ifarch ppc64 ppc64le
+Requires:       libnuma-devel
+%endif
 Requires:       gmp-devel
 Requires:       libncurses5
 # This package is not meant to be used outside OBS