diff -up commons-daemon-1.0.15-src/src/native/unix/configure.secondary commons-daemon-1.0.15-src/src/native/unix/configure
--- commons-daemon-1.0.15-src/src/native/unix/configure.secondary	2013-09-26 14:58:41.000000000 +0200
+++ commons-daemon-1.0.15-src/src/native/unix/configure	2013-09-26 14:58:59.000000000 +0200
@@ -2610,7 +2610,7 @@ echo "$as_me: error: Unsupported operati
     ;;
   esac
   case $host_cpu in
-  powerpc)
+  powerpc*)
     CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -DCPU=\\\"$host_cpu\\\""
     HOST_CPU=$host_cpu
     ;;
@@ -2687,7 +2687,7 @@ echo "$as_me: error: Unsupported operati
         HOST_CPU=ia64
     fi
     ;;
-  s390)
+  s390 | s390x)
     CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -DCPU=\\\"s390\\\""
     supported_os="s390"
     HOST_CPU=s390
diff -up commons-daemon-1.0.15-src/src/native/unix/support/apsupport.m4.secondary commons-daemon-1.0.15-src/src/native/unix/support/apsupport.m4
--- commons-daemon-1.0.15-src/src/native/unix/support/apsupport.m4.secondary	2013-03-27 09:09:02.000000000 +0100
+++ commons-daemon-1.0.15-src/src/native/unix/support/apsupport.m4	2013-09-26 14:57:54.000000000 +0200
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ AC_DEFUN(AP_SUPPORTED_HOST,[
     ;;
   esac
   case $host_cpu in
-  powerpc)
+  powerpc*)
     CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -DCPU=\\\"$host_cpu\\\""
     HOST_CPU=$host_cpu
     ;;
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ AC_DEFUN(AP_SUPPORTED_HOST,[
         HOST_CPU=ia64
     fi
     ;;
-  s390)
+  s390 | s390x)
     CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -DCPU=\\\"s390\\\""
     supported_os="s390"
     HOST_CPU=s390