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*)