diff --git a/_constraints b/_constraints
index 4da3bd2..c768be9 100644
--- a/_constraints
+++ b/_constraints
@@ -4,5 +4,15 @@
       <size unit="G">5</size>
     </disk>
   </hardware>
+  <overwrite>
+    <conditions>
+      <arch>ppc64le</arch>
+    </conditions>
+    <hardware>
+      <physicalmemory>
+        <size unit="M">4800</size>
+      </physicalmemory>
+    </hardware>
+  </overwrite>
 </constraints>
 
diff --git a/inkscape.changes b/inkscape.changes
index d08dc54..dcfd327 100644
--- a/inkscape.changes
+++ b/inkscape.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Jun 11 09:17:36 UTC 2020 - Michel Normand <normand@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
+
+- Add memory limit _constraints for ppc64le to avoid oom build failure
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu May  7 08:30:50 UTC 2020 - thod_@gmx.de