--- old/src/os/linux/vm/os_linux.cpp	2015-11-25 10:46:44.000000000 -0800
+++ new/src/os/linux/vm/os_linux.cpp	2015-11-25 10:46:43.000000000 -0800
@@ -1770,7 +1770,7 @@
 #if defined(VM_LITTLE_ENDIAN)
     {EM_PPC64,       EM_PPC64,   ELFCLASS64, ELFDATA2LSB, (char*)"Power PC 64"},
 #else
-    {EM_PPC64,       EM_PPC64,   ELFCLASS64, ELFDATA2MSB, (char*)"Power PC 64"},
+    {EM_PPC64,       EM_PPC64,   ELFCLASS64, ELFDATA2MSB, (char*)"Power PC 64 LE"},
 #endif
     {EM_ARM,         EM_ARM,     ELFCLASS32,   ELFDATA2LSB, (char*)"ARM"},
     {EM_S390,        EM_S390,    ELFCLASSNONE, ELFDATA2MSB, (char*)"IBM System/390"},
@@ -2214,6 +2214,8 @@
 const char* search_string = "model name";
 #elif defined(SPARC)
 const char* search_string = "cpu";
+#elif defined(PPC64)
+const char* search_string = "cpu";
 #else
 const char* search_string = "Processor";
 #endif