diff --git a/ppc64_altivec.patch b/ppc64_altivec.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..13fd054
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ppc64_altivec.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- a/configure.ac
++++ b/configure.ac
+@@ -1371,7 +1371,7 @@ AM_CONDITIONAL(HAVE_NEON, [test "${ac_cv_arm_neon}" = "yes"])
+ AC_ARG_ENABLE(altivec,
+   [AS_HELP_STRING([--disable-altivec],
+     [disable AltiVec optimizations (default auto)])],, [
+-  AS_IF([test "${host_cpu}" = "powerpc"],
++  AS_CASE(["${host_cpu}"], [powerpc*],
+         [enable_altivec=yes], [enable_altivec=no])
+ ])
+ have_altivec="no"
diff --git a/vlc.changes b/vlc.changes
index 87c2398..b154623 100644
--- a/vlc.changes
+++ b/vlc.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,14 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Aug  9 14:20:19 UTC 2013 - dvaleev@suse.com
+
+- Enable altivec for powerpc64 (ppc64_altivec)
+  (backport cce2cdb0dd246fa9669378f5a3b967464c88bf20) 
+
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Aug  9 11:30:54 UTC 2013 - dvaleev@suse.com
+
+- Package altivec plugins on powerpc
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sat Aug  3 13:09:04 UTC 2013 - dimstar@opensuse.org
 
diff --git a/vlc.spec b/vlc.spec
index 41dad9c..17b035c 100644
--- a/vlc.spec
+++ b/vlc.spec
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ Patch1:         fix_font_path.patch
 Patch3:         0001-no-return-in-non-void.patch
 # PATCH-FIX-UPSTREAM vlc-avcodec-encoder-single-threaded.patch dimstar@opensuse.org -- Disable avcodec encoder multithreading for now, taken from git.
 Patch4:         vlc-avcodec-encoder-single-threaded.patch
+Patch5:         ppc64_altivec.patch
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 BuildRequires:  aalib-devel
 BuildRequires:  alsa-devel
@@ -254,6 +255,7 @@ date
 %patch1 -p1
 %patch3 -p1
 %patch4 -p1
+%patch5 -p1
 rm -rf contrib
 echo '********* ENDED PREP PHASE *********'
 date
@@ -270,6 +272,7 @@ export CXXFLAGS="%{optflags} -L%{_libdir}/live"
 %endif
 
 #./bootstrap
+autoreconf -fi
 %configure \
    --disable-dependency-tracking        \
    --enable-aa                          \
@@ -437,6 +440,9 @@ rm -rf "$RPM_BUILD_ROOT"
 %ifarch %{ix86} x86_64
 %dir %{_libdir}/vlc/plugins/3dnow
 %endif
+%ifarch ppc ppc64
+%dir %{_libdir}/vlc/plugins/altivec
+%endif
 %dir %{_libdir}/vlc/plugins/access
 %dir %{_libdir}/vlc/plugins/access_output
 %dir %{_libdir}/vlc/plugins/audio_filter
@@ -523,6 +529,10 @@ rm -rf "$RPM_BUILD_ROOT"
 %ifarch %{ix86} x86_64
 %{_libdir}/vlc/plugins/3dnow/libmemcpy3dn_plugin.so
 %endif
+%ifarch ppc ppc64
+%{_libdir}/vlc/plugins/altivec/libi420_yuy2_altivec_plugin.so
+%{_libdir}/vlc/plugins/altivec/libmemcpyaltivec_plugin.so
+%endif
 %{_libdir}/vlc/plugins/access/libaccess_alsa_plugin.so
 %{_libdir}/vlc/plugins/access/libaccess_attachment_plugin.so
 %{_libdir}/vlc/plugins/access/libaccess_bd_plugin.so