diff --git a/oprofile-pfm-ppc.patch b/oprofile-pfm-ppc.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b0bf29e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/oprofile-pfm-ppc.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+From: Tony Jones <tonyj@suse.de>
+Subject: enable pfm detection for 32bit ppc
+Upstream: no
+
+---
+ configure.ac |    2 +-
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+--- a/configure.ac
++++ b/configure.ac
+@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(HAVE_PERF_EVENTS, $HA
+ if test "$HAVE_PERF_EVENTS" = "1"; then
+ 	PFM_LIB=
+ 	arch="`uname -m`"
+-	if test "$arch" = "ppc64"; then
++	if test "$arch" = "ppc64" || test "$arch" = "ppc"; then
+ 		AC_CHECK_HEADER(perfmon/pfmlib.h,,[AC_MSG_ERROR([pfmlib.h not found; usually provided in papi devel package])])
+ 		AC_CHECK_LIB(pfm,pfm_get_event_name, HAVE_LIBPFM3='1'; HAVE_LIBPFM='1', [
+ 			AC_CHECK_LIB(pfm,pfm_get_os_event_encoding, HAVE_LIBPFM3='0'; HAVE_LIBPFM='1',
diff --git a/oprofile.changes b/oprofile.changes
index c661daa..3195e68 100644
--- a/oprofile.changes
+++ b/oprofile.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Jan  3 20:14:41 UTC 2013 - tonyj@suse.com
+
+- Add dependancy on libpfm 4.3 for powerpc.  
+- Fix configure for 32bit powerpc
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Dec 10 20:37:17 UTC 2012 - tonyj@suse.com
 
diff --git a/oprofile.spec b/oprofile.spec
index f65cc94..d10b93c 100644
--- a/oprofile.spec
+++ b/oprofile.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package oprofile
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2012 SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
+# Copyright (c) 2013 SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@ BuildRequires:  libxslt
 BuildRequires:  popt-devel
 BuildRequires:  qt-devel
 BuildRequires:  update-desktop-files
+%ifarch ppc ppc64
+BuildRequires:  libpfm-devel >= 4.3.0
+%endif
 Url:            http://oprofile.sourceforge.net/
 PreReq:         /usr/sbin/groupadd /usr/sbin/useradd
 Version:        0.9.8
@@ -41,6 +44,7 @@ Source4:        jvmpi.h
 Source5:        README-BEFORE-ADDING-PATCHES
 Patch1:         %{name}-compressed-kernel.patch
 Patch2:         %{name}-no-libjvm-version.patch
+Patch3:         %{name}-pfm-ppc.patch
 
 %description
 OProfile is a system-wide profiler for Linux systems, capable of
@@ -93,6 +97,7 @@ from supported virtual machines.
 %setup -q
 %patch1 -p1
 %patch2 -p1
+%patch3 -p1
 mkdir -p java/include
 # copy files necessary to build Java agent libraries
 # libjvmpi_oprofile.so and libjvmti_oprofile.so