--- old/src/os/linux/vm/os_linux.cpp	2014-03-03 11:17:54.365855000 -0800
+++ new/src/os/linux/vm/os_linux.cpp	2014-03-03 11:17:54.253872000 -0800
@@ -288,7 +288,11 @@
 #elif defined(PPC32)
 static char cpu_arch[] = "ppc";
 #elif defined(PPC64)
+#if defined VM_LITTLE_ENDIAN
+static char cpu_arch[] = "ppc64le";
+#else
 static char cpu_arch[] = "ppc64";
+#endif
 #elif defined(SPARC)
 #  ifdef _LP64
 static char cpu_arch[] = "sparcv9";
@@ -1979,6 +1983,14 @@
   #define EM_486          6               /* Intel 80486 */
   #endif
 
+  #if defined(PPC64)
+  #if defined(VM_LITTLE_ENDIAN)
+  #define PPC64_ELFDATA2XSB ELFDATA2LSB
+  #else
+  #define PPC64_ELFDATA2XSB ELFDATA2MSB
+  #endif
+  #endif
+
   static const arch_t arch_array[]={
     {EM_386,         EM_386,     ELFCLASS32, ELFDATA2LSB, (char*)"IA 32"},
     {EM_486,         EM_386,     ELFCLASS32, ELFDATA2LSB, (char*)"IA 32"},
@@ -1988,7 +2000,7 @@
     {EM_SPARC32PLUS, EM_SPARC,   ELFCLASS32, ELFDATA2MSB, (char*)"Sparc 32"},
     {EM_SPARCV9,     EM_SPARCV9, ELFCLASS64, ELFDATA2MSB, (char*)"Sparc v9 64"},
     {EM_PPC,         EM_PPC,     ELFCLASS32, ELFDATA2MSB, (char*)"Power PC 32"},
-    {EM_PPC64,       EM_PPC64,   ELFCLASS64, ELFDATA2MSB, (char*)"Power PC 64"},
+    {EM_PPC64,       EM_PPC64,   ELFCLASS64, PPC64_ELFDATA2XSB, (char*)"Power PC 64"},
     {EM_ARM,         EM_ARM,     ELFCLASS32,   ELFDATA2LSB, (char*)"ARM"},
     {EM_S390,        EM_S390,    ELFCLASSNONE, ELFDATA2MSB, (char*)"IBM System/390"},
     {EM_ALPHA,       EM_ALPHA,   ELFCLASS64, ELFDATA2LSB, (char*)"Alpha"},