diff --git a/lorax.spec b/lorax.spec
index a457212b..82b5707f 100644
--- a/lorax.spec
+++ b/lorax.spec
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ Requires: hfsplus-tools
 Requires:       syslinux >= 6.02-4
 %endif
 
-%ifarch ppc ppc64
+%ifarch ppc ppc64 ppc64le
 Requires:       kernel-bootwrapper
 Requires:       grub2
 Requires:       grub2-tools
diff --git a/share/live/ppc.tmpl b/share/live/ppc.tmpl
index 790817af..80c0383d 100644
--- a/share/live/ppc.tmpl
+++ b/share/live/ppc.tmpl
@@ -51,12 +51,12 @@ install ${configdir}/mapping ${BOOTDIR}
 install ${configdir}/magic ${BOOTDIR}
 
 ## NOTE: PPC is kind of funky. There's three possible "arch" setups here:
-## ppc, ppc64, and 'hybrid' (ppc userspace, both ppc & ppc64 kernels).
+## ppc, ppc64, ppc64le and 'hybrid' (ppc userspace, both ppc & ppc64 kernels).
 
 ## Install kernel and bootloader config (in separate places for each arch)
 %for kernel in kernels:
     <%
-      bits = 64 if kernel.arch == "ppc64" else 32
+      bits = 64 if kernel.arch in ("ppc64", "ppc64le") else 32
       ## separate dirs/images for each arch
       KERNELDIR=BOOTDIR+"/ppc%s" % bits
       NETIMG=NETBOOTDIR+"/ppc%s.img" % bits
diff --git a/share/ppc.tmpl b/share/ppc.tmpl
index 8d4f8103..6deb6e87 100644
--- a/share/ppc.tmpl
+++ b/share/ppc.tmpl
@@ -54,12 +54,12 @@ install ${configdir}/mapping ${BOOTDIR}
 install ${configdir}/magic ${BOOTDIR}
 
 ## NOTE: PPC is kind of funky. There's three possible "arch" setups here:
-## ppc, ppc64, and 'hybrid' (ppc userspace, both ppc & ppc64 kernels).
+## ppc, ppc64, ppc64le, and 'hybrid' (ppc userspace, both ppc & ppc64 kernels).
 
 ## Install kernel and bootloader config (in separate places for each arch)
 %for kernel in kernels:
     <%
-      bits = 64 if kernel.arch == "ppc64" else 32
+      bits = 64 if kernel.arch in ("ppc64", "ppc64le") else 32
       ## separate dirs/images for each arch
       KERNELDIR=BOOTDIR+"/ppc%s" % bits
       NETIMG=NETBOOTDIR+"/ppc%s.img" % bits
diff --git a/src/pylorax/__init__.py b/src/pylorax/__init__.py
index 83f5286d..dcdc52ed 100644
--- a/src/pylorax/__init__.py
+++ b/src/pylorax/__init__.py
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ REMOVE_PPC64_MODULES = "drm plymouth"
 class ArchData(DataHolder):
     lib64_arches = ("x86_64", "ppc64", "ppc64le", "s390x", "ia64", "aarch64")
     bcj_arch = dict(i386="x86", x86_64="x86",
-                    ppc="powerpc", ppc64="powerpc",
+                    ppc="powerpc", ppc64="powerpc", ppc64le="powerpc",
                     arm="arm", armhfp="arm")
 
     def __init__(self, buildarch):
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@ class Lorax(BaseLoraxClass):
         dracut_args = ["--xz", "--install", "/.buildstamp"]
 
         # ppc64 cannot boot an initrd > 32MiB so remove some drivers
-        if self.arch.basearch == "ppc64":
+        if self.arch.basearch in ("ppc64", "ppc64le"):
             dracut_args.extend(["--omit-drivers", REMOVE_PPC64_DRIVERS])
             dracut_args.extend(["--omit", REMOVE_PPC64_MODULES])
 
diff --git a/src/pylorax/treebuilder.py b/src/pylorax/treebuilder.py
index 12eb348f..f10ea5b8 100644
--- a/src/pylorax/treebuilder.py
+++ b/src/pylorax/treebuilder.py
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ class TreeBuilder(object):
             runcmd(cmd, root=self.vars.inroot)
 
             # ppc64 cannot boot images > 32MiB, check size and warn
-            if self.vars.arch.basearch == "ppc64" and os.path.exists(outfile):
+            if self.vars.arch.basearch in ("ppc64", "ppc64le") and os.path.exists(outfile):
                 st = os.stat(outfile)
                 if st.st_size > 32 * 1024 * 1024:
                     logging.warning("ppc64 initrd %s is > 32MiB", outfile)