diff --git a/userspace-rcu-ppc64le.patch b/userspace-rcu-ppc64le.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..edae8cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/userspace-rcu-ppc64le.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+Index: userspace-rcu-0.8.1/urcu/arch/ppc.h
+===================================================================
+--- userspace-rcu-0.8.1.orig/urcu/arch/ppc.h
++++ userspace-rcu-0.8.1/urcu/arch/ppc.h
+@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ extern "C" {
+ 
+ typedef unsigned long long cycles_t;
+ 
+-#ifdef __powerpc64__
++#if defined(__powerpc64__) || defined(__powerpc64le__)
+ static inline cycles_t caa_get_cycles(void)
+ {
+ 	return (cycles_t) mftb();
+Index: userspace-rcu-0.8.1/configure
+===================================================================
+--- userspace-rcu-0.8.1.orig/configure
++++ userspace-rcu-0.8.1/configure
+@@ -7148,6 +7148,9 @@ s390*-*linux*|s390*-*tpf*|sparc*-*linux*
+ 	  ppc*-*linux*|powerpc*-*linux*)
+ 	    LD="${LD-ld} -m elf64ppc"
+ 	    ;;
++	  ppc*le-*linux*|powerpc*le-*linux*)
++	    LD="${LD-ld} -m elf64ppc"
++	    ;;
+ 	  s390*-*linux*|s390*-*tpf*)
+ 	    LD="${LD-ld} -m elf64_s390"
+ 	    ;;
+@@ -12665,6 +12668,8 @@ case $host_cpu in #(
+     ARCHTYPE="ppc" ;; #(
+   powerpc64) :
+     ARCHTYPE="ppc" ;; #(
++  powerpc64le) :
++    ARCHTYPE="ppc" ;; #(
+   ppc) :
+     ARCHTYPE="ppc" ;; #(
+   s390) :
diff --git a/userspace-rcu.changes b/userspace-rcu.changes
index 120475a..9155419 100644
--- a/userspace-rcu.changes
+++ b/userspace-rcu.changes
@@ -1,4 +1,11 @@
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Dec  3 15:11:55 UTC 2013 - dvaleev@suse.com
+
+- Fix build on ppc64le platform
+
+- added patches:
+  * userspace-rcu-ppc64le.patch
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Nov 26 15:07:34 UTC 2013 - pgajdos@suse.com
 
 - updated to 0.8.1:
diff --git a/userspace-rcu.spec b/userspace-rcu.spec
index f1c1450..9a0212b 100644
--- a/userspace-rcu.spec
+++ b/userspace-rcu.spec
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ Group:          System/Libraries
 Source0:        http://lttng.org/files/urcu/userspace-rcu-%{version}.tar.bz2
 Source1:        http://lttng.org/files/urcu/userspace-rcu-%{version}.tar.bz2.asc
 Source2:        userspace-rcu.keyring
+Patch0:         userspace-rcu-ppc64le.patch 
 Url:            http://lttng.org/urcu
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 BuildRequires:  gcc
@@ -71,6 +72,7 @@ accesses to detect grace periods after which memory reclamation is possible.
 %prep
 %{?gpg_verify: %gpg_verify %{SOURCE1}}
 %setup -q
+%patch0 -p1
 
 %build
 %configure --disable-silent-rules --disable-static