diff --git a/patterns-base.changes b/patterns-base.changes
index d70681b..31acbe3 100644
--- a/patterns-base.changes
+++ b/patterns-base.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Jul 22 14:23:49 UTC 2020 - Richard Brown <rbrown@suse.com>
+
+- Stop trying to install grub2-branding on ppc64/ppc64le [boo#1171146] 
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Jun 10 13:07:04 UTC 2020 - Dominique Leuenberger <dimstar@opensuse.org>
 
diff --git a/patterns-base.spec b/patterns-base.spec
index 714f84d..b8c88b5 100644
--- a/patterns-base.spec
+++ b/patterns-base.spec
@@ -588,7 +588,7 @@ Requires:       (grub2-snapper-plugin if snapper)
 # rather than bootloader related thing?
 Requires:       biosdevname
 %endif
-%ifnarch s390x
+%ifnarch s390x ppc64 ppc64le
 Requires:       (grub2-branding-openSUSE if branding-openSUSE)
 %endif
 %ifarch x86_64