diff --git a/0001-ppc64-Disable-hpet-fragment-in-libvirt-XML.patch b/0001-ppc64-Disable-hpet-fragment-in-libvirt-XML.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cfb483f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/0001-ppc64-Disable-hpet-fragment-in-libvirt-XML.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+From 4a845bf6ea5b72381b579df0d4ca9ead4271b55e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: "Richard W.M. Jones" <rjones@redhat.com>
+Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2014 15:12:13 +0000
+Subject: [PATCH] ppc64: Disable hpet fragment in libvirt XML.
+
+Related change in commit 62cb3a606d4b349d45f2d178945a998a90d1e130.
+---
+ src/launch-libvirt.c | 7 ++-----
+ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/src/launch-libvirt.c b/src/launch-libvirt.c
+index 9e59e36..1bfc069 100644
+--- a/src/launch-libvirt.c
++++ b/src/launch-libvirt.c
+@@ -1013,12 +1013,9 @@ construct_libvirt_xml_cpu (guestfs_h *g,
+     } end_element ();
+ 
+     /* libvirt has a bug (RHBZ#1066145) where it adds the -no-hpet
+-     * flag on ARM even though this causes qemu-system-arm to break
+-     * and ARM has never had a High Precision Timer anyway.  It's not
+-     * worth arguing about who is right or wrong here, just disable
+-     * this XML fragment on ARM.
++     * flag on ARM & ppc64.
+      */
+-#ifndef __arm__
++#if !defined(__arm__) && !defined(__powerpc__)
+     start_element ("timer") {
+       attribute ("name", "hpet");
+       attribute ("present", "no");
+-- 
+1.8.4.2
+
diff --git a/libguestfs.spec b/libguestfs.spec
index 1a593b6..0d65b94 100644
--- a/libguestfs.spec
+++ b/libguestfs.spec
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ Summary:       Access and modify virtual machine disk images
 Name:          libguestfs
 Epoch:         1
 Version:       1.25.36
-Release:       4%{?dist}
+Release:       5%{?dist}
 License:       LGPLv2+
 
 # Source and patches.
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ Source0:       http://libguestfs.org/download/1.25-development/%{name}-%{version
 
 # Upstream workaround for libvirt on ARM bug.
 Patch0001:     0001-launch-libvirt-Don-t-include-hpet-XML-fragment-on-AR.patch
+# Same for ppc64:
+Patch0002:     0001-ppc64-Disable-hpet-fragment-in-libvirt-XML.patch
 
 # Basic build requirements:
 BuildRequires: perl(Pod::Simple)
@@ -577,6 +579,7 @@ for %{name}.
 %setup -q
 
 %patch0001 -p1
+%patch0002 -p1
 
 if [ "$(getenforce | tr '[A-Z]' '[a-z]')" != "disabled" ]; then
     # For sVirt to work, the local temporary directory we use in the
@@ -998,8 +1001,8 @@ mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_localstatedir}/run/libguestfs
 
 
 %changelog
-* Tue Feb 18 2014 Richard W.M. Jones <rjones@redhat.com> - 1:1.25.36-4
-- Add upstream patch, workaround for libvirt on ARM bug.
+* Tue Feb 18 2014 Richard W.M. Jones <rjones@redhat.com> - 1:1.25.36-5
+- Add upstream patches, workaround for libvirt on ARM / ppc64 bug.
 - Run make quickcheck (and fail early) before doing full make check.
 
 * Mon Feb 17 2014 Richard W.M. Jones <rjones@redhat.com> - 1:1.25.36-1