diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index 966bf09d01db39150923abb78dade42353e9f468..edc241459a6098b09e9486a2bc0b152dbe732069 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -314,6 +314,7 @@
 		<ac:switch value="${os.arch}" caseinsensitive="true">
 			<case value="x86_64"><property name="disl.agent.arch" value="x86_64"/></case>
 			<case value="amd64"><property name="disl.agent.arch" value="x86_64"/></case>
+			<case value="ppc64"><property name="disl.agent.arch" value="ppc64"/></case>
 			<default><property name="disl.agent.arch" value="x86"/></default>
 		</ac:switch>
 
diff --git a/src-disl-agent/Makefile b/src-disl-agent/Makefile
index 2d13f9aca6bc48c39a15ea913215f2992448bb91..12c86be5d4d7b3ff9e187c3fae2b57875bc969d8 100644
--- a/src-disl-agent/Makefile
+++ b/src-disl-agent/Makefile
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ else ifeq (Linux,$(TARGET_ENV))
     #
     CFLAGS_WHOLE := -flto -fwhole-program
 
-    ifneq (x86_64,$(TARGET_CPU))
+    ifeq (,$(filter $(TARGET_CPU),x86_64 ppc64))
         CFLAGS += -m32
         LDFLAGS += -melf_i386
     endif
@@ -89,6 +89,8 @@ endif
 
 ifeq (x86_64,$(TARGET_CPU))
     BUILD_DIR := $(JDK_TARGET)-x86_64
+else ifeq (ppc64,$(TARGET_CPU))
+    BUILD_DIR := $(JDK_TARGET)-ppc64
 else
     BUILD_DIR := $(JDK_TARGET)-x86
 endif