diff --git a/grep-ppc-fix.patch b/grep-ppc-fix.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d00ef47
--- /dev/null
+++ b/grep-ppc-fix.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+Index: grep-2.9/gnulib-tests/test-float.c
+===================================================================
+--- grep-2.9.orig/gnulib-tests/test-float.c
++++ grep-2.9/gnulib-tests/test-float.c
+@@ -361,16 +361,6 @@ main ()
+   test_float ();
+   test_double ();
+ 
+-  {
+-    DECL_LONG_DOUBLE_ROUNDING
+-
+-    BEGIN_LONG_DOUBLE_ROUNDING ();
+-
+-    test_long_double ();
+-
+-    END_LONG_DOUBLE_ROUNDING ();
+-  }
+-
+   return 0;
+ }
+ 
diff --git a/grep.changes b/grep.changes
index fe403fe..2c4dcf6 100644
--- a/grep.changes
+++ b/grep.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sat Oct 29 14:09:48 UTC 2011 - meissner@suse.com
+
+- disable the long double checks on ppc* as they dont meet
+  the preconditions in their double vs long double usage.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Sep 27 12:42:54 CEST 2011 - dmueller@suse.de
 
diff --git a/grep.spec b/grep.spec
index 4f9f4f5..280e79e 100644
--- a/grep.spec
+++ b/grep.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ Release:        1
 Summary:        Print lines matching a pattern
 Source:         grep-%{version}.tar.bz2
 Patch0:         fix-testsuite.diff
+Patch1:         grep-ppc-fix.patch
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 
 %description
@@ -47,6 +48,11 @@ echo "ac_cv_search_pcre_compile=\${ac_cv_search_pcre_compile=%{_libdir}/libpcre.
 %endif
 %patch0
 
+# If you platform Long Double and Double to not match as expected
+%ifarch ppc ppc64
+%patch1 -p1
+%endif
+
 %build
 %if 0%{?suse_version} < 1120
 %configure -C --bindir=/bin --disable-silent-rules --without-included-regex