--- old/make/defs.make	2015-11-25 10:46:41.000000000 -0800
+++ new/make/defs.make	2015-11-25 10:46:41.000000000 -0800
@@ -318,8 +318,12 @@
     endif
   endif
 
-  # LIBARCH is 1:1 mapping from BUILDARCH
-  LIBARCH        ?= $(LIBARCH/$(BUILDARCH))
+  # LIBARCH is 1:1 mapping from BUILDARCH, except for PPC64LE:
+  ifeq ($(ARCH)-$(OPENJDK_TARGET_CPU_ENDIAN),ppc64-little)
+    LIBARCH      ?= ppc64le
+  else
+    LIBARCH      ?= $(LIBARCH/$(BUILDARCH))
+  endif
   LIBARCH/i486    = i386
   LIBARCH/amd64   = amd64
   LIBARCH/sparc   = sparc