diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 0e9a124..6853a0b 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ case "${host_cpu}" in
     arm*|sa110)		HOST_CPU="arm" ;;
     cris*)		HOST_CPU="cris" ;;
     mips*)		HOST_CPU="mips" ;;
-    powerpc|powerpc64)	HOST_CPU="ppc" ;;
+    powerpc|powerpc64|powerpc64le)	HOST_CPU="ppc" ;;
     sun4u|sparc64)	HOST_CPU="sparc" ;;
     s390x)		HOST_CPU="s390" ;;
     i?86|x86_64)	HOST_CPU="x86" ;;
@@ -210,12 +210,12 @@ AC_MSG_RESULT([$enable_libunwind])
 
 if test x"$enable_libunwind" = xyes; then
   case "${host_cpu}" in
-      arm*|sa110)         UNWIND_ARCH="arm" ;;
-      i?86)               UNWIND_ARCH="x86" ;;
-      powerpc)            UNWIND_ARCH="ppc32" ;;
-      powerpc64)          UNWIND_ARCH="ppc64" ;;
-      mips*)              UNWIND_ARCH="mips" ;;
-      *)                  UNWIND_ARCH="${host_cpu}" ;;
+      arm*|sa110)	  UNWIND_ARCH="arm" ;;
+      i?86)		  UNWIND_ARCH="x86" ;;
+      powerpc)		  UNWIND_ARCH="ppc32" ;;
+      powerpc64|powerpc64le)	UNWIND_ARCH="ppc64" ;;
+      mips*)		  UNWIND_ARCH="mips" ;;
+      *)		  UNWIND_ARCH="${host_cpu}" ;;
   esac
 
   saved_LDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS}"