diff --git a/nginx.spec b/nginx.spec
index 8a483e5..b749f1f 100644
--- a/nginx.spec
+++ b/nginx.spec
@@ -2,7 +2,9 @@
 %global  nginx_user          nginx
 
 # gperftools exist only on selected arches
-%ifnarch s390 s390x
+# gperftools *detection* is failing on ppc64*, possibly only configure
+# bug, but disable anyway.
+%ifnarch s390 s390x ppc64 ppc64le
 %global with_gperftools 1
 %endif