diff --git a/nss-3.11-zdefs.patch b/nss-3.11-zdefs.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0e8128c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nss-3.11-zdefs.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+Index: mozilla/security/coreconf/Linux.mk
+===================================================================
+RCS file: /cvsroot/mozilla/security/coreconf/Linux.mk,v
+retrieving revision 1.27
+diff -u -r1.27 Linux.mk
+--- mozilla/security/coreconf/Linux.mk	16 Sep 2005 17:09:23 -0000	1.27
++++ mozilla/security/coreconf/Linux.mk	15 Dec 2005 21:25:00 -0000
+@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@
+ ARCH			= linux
+ 
+ DSO_CFLAGS		= -fPIC
+-DSO_LDOPTS		= -shared $(ARCHFLAG) -z defs
++DSO_LDOPTS		= -shared $(ARCHFLAG) -Wl,-z,defs
+ DSO_LDFLAGS		=
+ LDFLAGS			+= $(ARCHFLAG)
+ 
diff --git a/nss.spec b/nss.spec
index 174b664..6bcb79a 100644
--- a/nss.spec
+++ b/nss.spec
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 Summary:          Network Security Services
 Name:             nss
 Version:          3.11
-Release:          0
+Release:          0.cvs.2
 License:          MPL/GPL/LGPL
 URL:              http://www.mozilla.org/projects/security/pki/nss/
 Group:            System Environment/Libraries
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ Source0:          %{name}-%{version}.cvs.tar.bz2
 Source1:          nss.pc.in
 Source2:          nss-config.in
 
+Patch1:           nss-3.11-zdefs.patch
+
 
 %description
 Network Security Services (NSS) is a set of libraries designed to
@@ -68,6 +70,7 @@ low level services.
 
 %prep
 %setup -q
+%patch1 -p0
 
 %build
 
@@ -296,6 +299,9 @@ done
 
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Dec 15 2005 Christopher Aillon <caillon@redhat.com> 3.11-0.cvs.2
+- Add patch to allow building on ppc*
+
 * Thu Dec 15 2005 Christopher Aillon <caillon@redhat.com> 3.11-0.cvs
 - Initial import into Fedora Core, based on a CVS snapshot of
   the NSS_3_11_RTM tag