diff --git a/share/runtime-postinstall.tmpl b/share/runtime-postinstall.tmpl
index 4f702d59..65aed413 100644
--- a/share/runtime-postinstall.tmpl
+++ b/share/runtime-postinstall.tmpl
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 <%page args="root, basearch, libdir, configdir"/>
 <%
-KEYMAP_OVERRIDE = "usr/share/anaconda/keymaps-override-%s" % basearch
-SCREENFONT = "usr/share/anaconda/screenfont-%s.gz" % basearch
+# TODO: fix filenames in anaconda so we can drop the ppc64 workaround
+filearch = 'ppc' if basearch == 'ppc64' else basearch
+KEYMAP_OVERRIDE = "usr/share/anaconda/keymaps-override-%s" % filearch
+SCREENFONT = "usr/share/anaconda/screenfont-%s.gz" % filearch
 PYTHONDIR = glob("usr/"+libdir+"/python?.?")[0]
 stubs = ("list-harddrives", "loadkeys", "raidstart", "raidstop")
 %>
@@ -16,7 +18,7 @@ stubs = ("list-harddrives", "loadkeys", "raidstart", "raidstop")
 %endif
 
 ## create_screenfont()
-moveif usr/share/anaconda/screenfont-${basearch}.gz etc/screenfont.gz
+moveif ${SCREENFONT} etc/screenfont.gz
 
 ## move_stubs()
 move usr/share/anaconda/restart-anaconda usr/bin