--- old/common/autoconf/hotspot-spec.gmk.in	2015-02-18 12:27:02.260204534 +0000
+++ new/common/autoconf/hotspot-spec.gmk.in	2015-02-18 12:27:02.168202920 +0000
@@ -71,6 +71,10 @@
 LIBARCH=$(OPENJDK_TARGET_CPU_LEGACY_LIB)
 # Old name for OPENJDK_TARGET_CPU, uses i586 and amd64, instead of x86 and x86_64.
 ARCH=$(OPENJDK_TARGET_CPU_LEGACY)
+# ppc64le uses the HotSpot ppc64 build
+ifeq ($(OPENJDK_TARGET_CPU), ppc64le)
+  ARCH=ppc64
+endif
 # Legacy setting for building for a 64 bit machine.
 # If yes then this expands to _LP64:=1
 @LP64@