diff --git a/ppc-atomic.patch b/ppc-atomic.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c0fa419
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ppc-atomic.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+Index: redis-5.0.9/src/Makefile
+===================================================================
+--- redis-5.0.9.orig/src/Makefile
++++ redis-5.0.9/src/Makefile
+@@ -83,6 +83,10 @@ ifneq (,$(filter aarch64 armv,$(uname_M)
+ else
+ ifneq (,$(findstring armv,$(uname_M)))
+         FINAL_LIBS+=-latomic
++else
++ifneq (,$(findstring ppc,$(uname_M)))
++        FINAL_LIBS+=-latomic
++endif
+ endif
+ endif
+ 
diff --git a/redis.changes b/redis.changes
index 4c79224..bc585cf 100644
--- a/redis.changes
+++ b/redis.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri May  1 15:50:36 UTC 2020 - Andreas Schwab <schwab@suse.de>
+
+- ppc-atomic.patch: use libatomic also on ppc
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri May  1 07:48:12 UTC 2020 - Andreas Stieger <andreas.stieger@gmx.de>
 
diff --git a/redis.spec b/redis.spec
index a545df3..c1a9c83 100644
--- a/redis.spec
+++ b/redis.spec
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ Patch0:         %{name}-conf.patch
 Patch1:         %{name}-enable-bactrace-on-x86-ia64-and_arm32_only.patch
 Patch2:         %{name}-disable_integration_logging.patch
 Patch3:         reproducible.patch
+Patch4:         ppc-atomic.patch
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig
 BuildRequires:  sysuser-shadow
 BuildRequires:  sysuser-tools
@@ -67,6 +68,7 @@ echo "`grep -F %{name}-%{version}.tar.gz %{SOURCE10} | cut -d' ' -f4`  %{SOURCE0
 %patch2
 %endif
 %patch3 -p1
+%patch4 -p1
 
 %build
 export HOST=OBS # for reproducible builds