diff --git a/file-5.12-llong.dif b/file-5.12-llong.dif
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3011bad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/file-5.12-llong.dif
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+--- configure.ac
++++ configure.ac	2013-01-23 12:57:44.605952352 +0000
+@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ AC_TYPE_UINT32_T
+ AC_TYPE_INT32_T
+ AC_TYPE_UINT64_T
+ AC_TYPE_INT64_T
++AC_CHECK_SIZEOF(long long)
+ AC_FUNC_MMAP
+ AC_FUNC_FORK
+ AC_FUNC_MBRTOWC
diff --git a/file.changes b/file.changes
index 3f45bd5..7619075 100644
--- a/file.changes
+++ b/file.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Jan 23 13:00:47 UTC 2013 - werner@suse.de
+
+- Make if build on ppc64, that is re-add the configure check for
+  sizeof long long otherwise readelf fail on ppc64
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Jan 22 16:22:05 UTC 2013 - werner@suse.de
 
diff --git a/file.spec b/file.spec
index 572e92b..99b8d6c 100644
--- a/file.spec
+++ b/file.spec
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ Source:         ftp://ftp.astron.com/pub/file/file-%{version}.tar.gz
 Source2:        baselibs.conf
 Patch:          file-5.12.dif
 Patch1:         file-5.12-misc.dif
+Patch2:         file-5.12-llong.dif
 Patch4:         file-4.24-autoconf.dif
 Patch5:         file-4.03-tex.dif
 Patch7:         file-4.20-ssd.dif
@@ -100,6 +101,7 @@ to develop applications that require the magic "file" interface.
 %setup -q -n file-%{version}
 %patch42 -p1
 %patch1  -p0 -b .misc
+%patch2  -p0 -b .llong
 %patch4  -p0 -b .conf
 %patch5  -p0 -b .tex
 %patch7  -p0 -b .ssd