diff -Nur installplatform.old installplatform
--- installplatform.old	2013-11-06 19:34:36.446381950 +0100
+++ installplatform	2013-11-06 19:38:24.617417000 +0100
@@ -54,12 +54,18 @@
 	CANONARCH=s390x
 	CANONCOLOR=3
 	;;
-    ppc64*)
+    ppc64|ppc64p7)
 	ISANAME=ppc
 	ISABITS=64
 	CANONARCH=ppc64
 	CANONCOLOR=3
 	;;
+    ppc64le)
+	ISANAME=ppc
+	ISABITS=64
+	CANONARCH=ppc64le
+	CANONCOLOR=3
+	;;
     ppc*)
 	ISANAME=ppc
 	ISABITS=32
diff -Nur lib/rpmrc.c.orig lib/rpmrc.c
--- lib/rpmrc.c.orig	2013-11-06 19:34:36.426381894 +0100
+++ lib/rpmrc.c	2013-11-06 19:38:32.713558000 +0100
@@ -1119,6 +1119,7 @@
 #	endif	/* sparc*-linux */
 
 #	if defined(__linux__) && defined(__powerpc__)
+#	if __BYTE_ORDER__ == __ORDER_BIG_ENDIAN__
 	{
             int powerlvl;
             if (!rstreq(un.machine, "ppc") &&
@@ -1127,6 +1128,7 @@
                 strcpy(un.machine, "ppc64p7");
 	    }
         }
+#	endif	/* __ORDER_BIG_ENDIAN__ */
 #	endif	/* ppc64*-linux */
 
 #	if defined(__GNUC__) && defined(__alpha__)
diff -Nurrpmrc.in.orig rpmrc.in
--- rpmrc.in	2013-11-06 19:34:36.446381950 +0100
+++ rpmrc.in	2013-11-06 19:41:21.698505000 +0100
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@
 optflags: ppciseries -O2 -g -m32
 optflags: ppcpseries -O2 -g -m32
 optflags: ppc64 -O2 -g -fmessage-length=0 -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -fstack-protector -funwind-tables -fasynchronous-unwind-tables
+optflags: ppc64le -O2 -g -fsigned-char
 optflags: ppc64p7 -O3 -mtune=power7 -mcpu=power7 -g -fmessage-length=0 -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -fstack-protector -funwind-tables -fasynchronous-unwind-tables
 
 optflags: parisc -O2 -g -mpa-risc-1-0
@@ -99,6 +100,7 @@
 archcolor: sparcv9 2
 archcolor: ppc 1
 archcolor: ppc64 2
+archcolor: ppc64le 2
 
 archcolor: armv3l 1
 archcolor: armv4b 1
@@ -201,6 +203,7 @@
 arch_canon:	s390x: s390x	15
 
 arch_canon:	ppc64:	ppc64	16
+arch_canon:    ppc64le:        ppc64le 16
 arch_canon:    ppc64pseries: ppc64pseries  16
 arch_canon:    ppc64iseries: ppc64iseries  16
 arch_canon:    ppc64p7: ppc64p7  16
@@ -288,6 +291,7 @@
 buildarchtranslate: ppc64iseries: ppc64
 buildarchtranslate: ppc64pseries: ppc64
 buildarchtranslate: ppc64p7: ppc64
+buildarchtranslate: ppc64le: ppc64le
 buildarchtranslate: powerpc64: ppc64
 
 buildarchtranslate: armv3l: armv3l
@@ -373,6 +377,7 @@
 arch_compat: ppc64pseries: ppc64
 arch_compat: ppc64iseries: ppc64
 arch_compat: ppc64p7: ppc64
+arch_compat: ppc64le: noarch fat
 
 arch_compat: sun4c: sparc
 arch_compat: sun4d: sparc
@@ -507,6 +512,7 @@
 buildarch_compat: ppc64pseries: ppc64
 buildarch_compat: ppc64iseries: ppc64
 buildarch_compat: ppc64p7: ppc64
+buildarch_compat: ppc64le: noarch fat
 
 buildarch_compat: mips: noarch
 buildarch_compat: mipsel: noarch