diff --git a/share/runtime-cleanup.tmpl b/share/runtime-cleanup.tmpl
index bfdff35a..b24957a2 100644
--- a/share/runtime-cleanup.tmpl
+++ b/share/runtime-cleanup.tmpl
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ remove usr/share/i18n
 
 ## not required packages installed as dependencies
 ## no perl besides s390x
-%if basearch != "s390x":
+## perl needed for powerpc-utils and fbset on PPC
+%if basearch not in ("ppc", "ppc64", "ppc64le", "s390x"):
     removepkg perl*
 %endif
 ## no sound support, thanks