diff --git a/libreoffice.changes b/libreoffice.changes
index c6375c3..6c12814 100644
--- a/libreoffice.changes
+++ b/libreoffice.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Sep 27 19:53:32 UTC 2019 - Jonathan Brielmaier <jbrielmaier@suse.de>
+
+- Enable build on ppc64le.
+- Let the test suite run on ppc64le and disable the failing tests.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Sep 19 08:36:59 UTC 2019 - Tomáš Chvátal <tchvatal@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/libreoffice.spec b/libreoffice.spec
index 6a571f9..86cd5c2 100644
--- a/libreoffice.spec
+++ b/libreoffice.spec
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ Provides:       %{name}-icon-theme-crystal = %{version}
 Obsoletes:      %{name}-icon-theme-crystal < %{version}
 Provides:       %{name}-icon-theme-oxygen = %{version}
 Obsoletes:      %{name}-icon-theme-oxygen < %{version}
-ExclusiveArch:  aarch64 %{ix86} x86_64
+ExclusiveArch:  aarch64 %{ix86} x86_64 ppc64le
 %if 0%{?suse_version} >= 1500
 BuildRequires:  libmariadb-devel
 %else
@@ -635,7 +635,7 @@ Requires:       %{name} = %{version}
 %ifarch %{ix86}
 Requires:       jre-32 >= 1.6
 %endif
-%ifarch x86_64 aarch64
+%ifarch x86_64 aarch64 ppc64le
 Requires:       jre-64 >= 1.6
 %endif
 
@@ -666,7 +666,7 @@ Requires(pre):  libreoffice = %{version}
 %ifarch %{ix86}
 Requires:       jre-32 >= 1.6
 %endif
-%ifarch x86_64 aarch64
+%ifarch x86_64 aarch64 ppc64le
 Requires:       jre-64 >= 1.6
 %endif
 
@@ -686,7 +686,7 @@ Requires(pre):  libreoffice = %{version}
 %ifarch %{ix86}
 Requires:       jre-32 >= 1.6
 %endif
-%ifarch x86_64 aarch64
+%ifarch x86_64 aarch64 ppc64le
 Requires:       jre-64 >= 1.6
 %endif
 
@@ -1005,6 +1005,14 @@ sed -i -e /CppunitTest_sw_uiwriter/d sw/Module_sw.mk
 sed -i -e /CPPUNIT_TEST\(testODFEncryptedGPG\)/d xmlsecurity/qa/unit/signing/signing.cxx
 # breaks on LTO https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=126442
 sed -i -e /CppunitTest_sw_apitests/d sw/Module_sw.mk
+# Disable failing tests on ppc64le for now
+%ifarch ppc64le
+sed -i -e /CppunitTest_sc_addin_functions_test/d sc/Module_sc.mk
+sed -i -e /CppunitTest_sc_array_functions_test/d sc/Module_sc.mk
+sed -i -e /CppunitTest_sc_dataprovider/d sc/Module_sc.mk # https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=127099
+sed -i -e /CppunitTest_sc_financial_functions_test/d sc/Module_sc.mk # https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=127083
+sed -i -e /CppunitTest_sc_statistical_functions_test/d sc/Module_sc.mk
+%endif
 
 %if 0%{?suse_version} < 1500
 # Header-only libboost_system is not available
@@ -1146,8 +1154,8 @@ export NOCONFIGURE=yes
 make verbose=t build-nocheck
 
 %check
-# Run tests only on 64b intel as they are resource hogs
-%ifarch x86_64
+# Run tests only on x86_64 and ppc64le as they are resource hogs
+%ifarch x86_64 ppc64le
 # safeguard jarfires that can get magically overriden by the make
 mkdir savejar
 cp %{buildroot}%{_libdir}/%{name}/program/classes/*.jar savejar/