diff --git a/define-ppc64le-endian.patch b/define-ppc64le-endian.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..77d566f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/define-ppc64le-endian.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+diff -Naur lcms2-2.6.orig/include/lcms2.h lcms2-2.6/include/lcms2.h
+--- lcms2-2.6.orig/include/lcms2.h	2014-03-27 09:56:56.880010248 -0500
++++ lcms2-2.6/include/lcms2.h	2014-03-27 13:08:25.020010825 -0500
+@@ -192,8 +192,8 @@
+ 
+ #if defined(__powerpc__) || defined(__ppc__) || defined(TARGET_CPU_PPC)
+ #   define CMS_USE_BIG_ENDIAN   1
+-#   if defined (__GNUC__) && defined(__BYTE_ORDER) && defined(__LITTLE_ENDIAN)
+-#       if __BYTE_ORDER  == __LITTLE_ENDIAN
++#   if defined (__GNUC__) && defined(__BYTE_ORDER__) && defined(__LITTLE_ENDIAN__)
++#       if __BYTE_ORDER__  == __ORDER_LITTLE_ENDIAN__
+ //               // Don't use big endian for PowerPC little endian mode
+ #                undef CMS_USE_BIG_ENDIAN
+ #       endif
diff --git a/lcms2.spec b/lcms2.spec
index a32aa33..6fd9bc3 100644
--- a/lcms2.spec
+++ b/lcms2.spec
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 Name:           lcms2
 Version:        2.6
-Release:        1%{?dist}
+Release:        2%{?dist}
 Summary:        Color Management Engine
 License:        MIT
 URL:            http://www.littlecms.com/
 Source0:        http://www.littlecms.com/lcms2-2.6.tar.gz
+Patch0:		define-ppc64le-endian.patch
 
 BuildRequires:  libjpeg-devel
 BuildRequires:  libtiff-devel
@@ -34,7 +35,7 @@ Development files for LittleCMS.
 
 %prep
 %setup -q -n lcms2-2.6
-
+%patch0 -p1
 %build
 %configure --disable-static --program-suffix=2
 
@@ -81,6 +82,9 @@ rm -rf ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}
 %{_libdir}/pkgconfig/%{name}.pc
 
 %changelog
+* Wed May 21 2014 Brent Baude <baude@us.ibm.com> - 2.6-2
+- Correct assumption about ppc64 endianess
+
 * Mon Mar 17 2014 Richard Hughes <richard@hughsie.com> 2.6-1
 - Update to new upstream version.
 - Added a way to retrieve matrix shaper always, no matter LUT is present