diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 988dba8b3a1320b7b52c4aa7e5d8acefacadc358..2ff3e06a934062cdf8215ed507cd031e86fd905b 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ HOSTARCH := $(shell uname -m | \
 	    -e s/arm.*/arm/ \
 	    -e s/sa110/arm/ \
 	    -e s/powerpc/ppc/ \
+	    -e s/ppc64/ppc/ \
 	    -e s/macppc/ppc/)
 
 HOSTOS := $(shell uname -s | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]' | \