diff --git a/apache-commons-daemon-ppc64.patch b/apache-commons-daemon-ppc64.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..262a115
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apache-commons-daemon-ppc64.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+Index: commons-daemon-1.0.10-src/src/native/unix/configure
+===================================================================
+--- commons-daemon-1.0.10-src.orig/src/native/unix/configure
++++ commons-daemon-1.0.10-src/src/native/unix/configure
+@@ -2607,7 +2607,10 @@ echo "$as_me: error: Unsupported operati
+     ;;
+   esac
+   case $host_cpu in
+-  powerpc)
++  powerpc*)
++    CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -DCPU=\\\"$host_cpu\\\""
++    HOST_CPU=$host_cpu;;
++  ppc*)
+     CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -DCPU=\\\"$host_cpu\\\""
+     HOST_CPU=$host_cpu;;
+   sparc*)
diff --git a/apache-commons-daemon.changes b/apache-commons-daemon.changes
index bc9b4aa..20e4efa 100644
--- a/apache-commons-daemon.changes
+++ b/apache-commons-daemon.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Jul  3 13:28:57 UTC 2012 - dvaleev@suse.com
+
+- read ppc64 as known platform. 
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Jun 15 11:14:54 UTC 2012 - mvyskocil@suse.cz
 
diff --git a/apache-commons-daemon.spec b/apache-commons-daemon.spec
index f305199..5523cf6 100644
--- a/apache-commons-daemon.spec
+++ b/apache-commons-daemon.spec
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ Source0:        commons-daemon-%{version}-src.tar.gz
 Patch0:         0001-execve-path-warning.patch
 Patch1:         apache-commons-daemon-JAVA_OS.patch
 Patch2:         apache-commons-daemon-s390x.patch
+Patch3:         apache-commons-daemon-ppc64.patch
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 
 BuildRequires:  ant
@@ -77,6 +78,7 @@ The Javadoc Documentation for Commons Daemon.
 %patch0 -p1
 %patch1 -p1
 %patch2 -p1
+%patch3 -p1
 
 # remove java binaries from sources
 rm -rf src/samples/build/