diff --git a/apache-commons-daemon-ppc64.patch b/apache-commons-daemon-ppc64.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6fdc19a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apache-commons-daemon-ppc64.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+diff -up commons-daemon-1.0.10-src/src/native/unix/configure.ppc64 commons-daemon-1.0.10-src/src/native/unix/configure
+--- commons-daemon-1.0.10-src/src/native/unix/configure.ppc64	2012-08-17 15:50:17.060069518 +0200
++++ commons-daemon-1.0.10-src/src/native/unix/configure	2012-08-17 15:51:23.540069517 +0200
+@@ -2607,7 +2607,7 @@ echo "$as_me: error: Unsupported operati
+     ;;
+   esac
+   case $host_cpu in
+-  powerpc)
++  powerpc*)
+     CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -DCPU=\\\"$host_cpu\\\""
+     HOST_CPU=$host_cpu;;
+   sparc*)
+diff -up commons-daemon-1.0.10-src/src/native/unix/support/apsupport.m4.ppc64 commons-daemon-1.0.10-src/src/native/unix/support/apsupport.m4
+--- commons-daemon-1.0.10-src/src/native/unix/support/apsupport.m4.ppc64	2012-08-17 15:50:30.330069517 +0200
++++ commons-daemon-1.0.10-src/src/native/unix/support/apsupport.m4	2012-08-17 15:51:33.280069517 +0200
+@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ AC_DEFUN(AP_SUPPORTED_HOST,[
+     ;;
+   esac
+   case $host_cpu in
+-  powerpc)
++  powerpc*)
+     CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -DCPU=\\\"$host_cpu\\\""
+     HOST_CPU=$host_cpu;;
+   sparc*)
diff --git a/apache-commons-daemon.spec b/apache-commons-daemon.spec
index 5db2ab8..a5abafb 100644
--- a/apache-commons-daemon.spec
+++ b/apache-commons-daemon.spec
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 Name:           apache-%{short_name}
 Version:        1.0.10
-Release:        4%{?dist}
+Release:        5%{?dist}
 Summary:        Defines API to support an alternative invocation mechanism
 License:        ASL 2.0
 Group:          Applications/System
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ Source0:        http://archive.apache.org/dist/commons/%{base_name}/source/%{sho
 Patch0:         0001-execve-path-warning.patch
 Patch1:         apache-commons-daemon-JAVA_OS.patch
 Patch2:         apache-commons-daemon-s390x.patch
+Patch3:         apache-commons-daemon-ppc64.patch
 BuildRequires:  java-devel >= 1:1.6.0
 BuildRequires:  jpackage-utils
 BuildRequires:  maven
@@ -65,6 +66,7 @@ Obsoletes:      jakarta-%{short_name}-javadoc <= 1:1.0.1
 %patch0 -p1 -b .execve
 %patch1 -p1 -b .java_os
 %patch2 -p1 -b .s390x
+%patch3 -p1 -b .ppc64
 
 # remove java binaries from sources
 rm -rf src/samples/build/
@@ -136,6 +138,9 @@ rm -rf $(readlink -f %{_javadocdir}/%{name}) %{_javadocdir}/%{name} || :
 
 
 %changelog
+* Fri Aug 17 2012 Karsten Hopp <karsten@redhat.com> 1.0.10-5
+- add ppc64 as known arch
+
 * Wed Jul 18 2012 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng@lists.fedoraproject.org> - 1.0.10-4
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_18_Mass_Rebuild