diff --git a/kicad.changes b/kicad.changes
index 1d9faff..3c73daa 100644
--- a/kicad.changes
+++ b/kicad.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Apr 12 21:15:36 UTC 2019 - normand@linux.vnet.ibm.com
+
+- Enable build for PowerPC, supported since KiCad 5.1.0.
+  Also fixes a recurrent rebuild of kicad-doc, due to it having
+  an unresolvable dependency on kicad.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Mar 11 16:35:16 UTC 2019 - Stefan Brüns <stefan.bruens@rwth-aachen.de>
 
diff --git a/kicad.spec b/kicad.spec
index 77f89cb..a7030a9 100644
--- a/kicad.spec
+++ b/kicad.spec
@@ -79,8 +79,6 @@ Recommends:     %{name}-packages3D = %{compatversion}
 Recommends:     %{name}-templates = %{compatversion}
 Obsoletes:      kicad = 20140120
 Provides:       kicad = %{compatversion}
-# PPC is currently not supported, but there are pending patches for KiCad 5.1, recheck
-ExcludeArch:    %{ppc} ppc64le
 
 %description
 Kicad is an open source (GPL) software for the creation of electronic schematic