diff --git a/ppc64le/variants.xml b/ppc64le/variants.xml
index 1ae9809..49152fb 100644
--- a/ppc64le/variants.xml
+++ b/ppc64le/variants.xml
@@ -199,6 +199,11 @@
       <group default="false">sap-hana</group>
     </groups>
   </variant>
+  <variant id="extras" name="extras" type="variant">
+    <arches>
+      <arch>ppc64le</arch>
+    </arches>
+  </variant>
   <variant id="devel" name="devel" type="variant">
     <arches>
       <arch>ppc64le</arch>