diff --git a/orc-0.4.29-ppc64-revert.patch b/orc-0.4.29-ppc64-revert.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..30a4502
--- /dev/null
+++ b/orc-0.4.29-ppc64-revert.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+From b02d7e797a9d66fe22c131526b46524171675319 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: =?UTF-8?q?Dan=20Hor=C3=A1k?= <dan@danny.cz>
+Date: Fri, 10 May 2019 12:55:06 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Revert "PowerPC: Support ELFv2 ABI"
+
+This reverts commit 4e080ed8d64e73465ffe9f79d95b56ff184cf01a.
+---
+ orc/orcpowerpc.c         | 2 +-
+ orc/orcprogram-altivec.c | 2 --
+ 2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/orc/orcpowerpc.c b/orc/orcpowerpc.c
+index 8eeb4e5..a6835ba 100644
+--- a/orc/orcpowerpc.c
++++ b/orc/orcpowerpc.c
+@@ -418,7 +418,7 @@ orc_powerpc_flush_cache (OrcCode *code)
+   int size = code->code_size;
+ 
+   ptr = code->code;
+-#if defined(__powerpc64__) && (!defined(_CALL_ELF) || _CALL_ELF == 1)
++#ifdef __powerpc64__
+   *(unsigned char **) ptr = (unsigned char *) code->exec + 24;
+ #endif
+   for (i=0;i<size;i+=cache_line_size) {
+diff --git a/orc/orcprogram-altivec.c b/orc/orcprogram-altivec.c
+index bc40633..2ad11e8 100644
+--- a/orc/orcprogram-altivec.c
++++ b/orc/orcprogram-altivec.c
+@@ -27,14 +27,12 @@ powerpc_emit_prologue (OrcCompiler *compiler)
+   ORC_ASM_CODE (compiler, "%s:\n", compiler->program->name);
+ 
+   if (compiler->is_64bit) {
+-#if !defined(_CALL_ELF) || _CALL_ELF == 1
+     ORC_ASM_CODE (compiler, " .quad .%s,.TOC.@tocbase,0\n",
+                   compiler->program->name);
+     ORC_ASM_CODE (compiler, ".%s:\n", compiler->program->name);
+     powerpc_emit (compiler, 0); powerpc_emit (compiler, 0);
+     powerpc_emit (compiler, 0); powerpc_emit (compiler, 0);
+     powerpc_emit (compiler, 0); powerpc_emit (compiler, 0);
+-#endif
+     powerpc_emit_stdu (compiler, POWERPC_R1, POWERPC_R1, -16);
+   } else {
+     powerpc_emit_stwu (compiler, POWERPC_R1, POWERPC_R1, -16);
+-- 
+2.21.0
+
+
+From e51942caa119b27693ca9aad8b5c2780d10ccb32 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: =?UTF-8?q?Dan=20Hor=C3=A1k?= <dan@danny.cz>
+Date: Fri, 10 May 2019 12:57:52 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Revert "Add support for ppc64le"
+
+This reverts commit 7e504fa1367b15c12807da1053a51db528f37c79.
+---
+ m4/as-host-defines.m4 | 2 +-
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/m4/as-host-defines.m4 b/m4/as-host-defines.m4
+index 4a6ae45..7223c51 100644
+--- a/m4/as-host-defines.m4
++++ b/m4/as-host-defines.m4
+@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ AC_DEFUN([AS_HOST_DEFINES],
+       HAVE_AMD64=yes
+       AC_DEFINE(HAVE_AMD64, 1, [Defined if host is amd64])
+       ;;
+-    xpowerpc|xppc|xpowerpc64*|xppc64*)
++    xpowerpc|xppc|xpowerpc64|xppc64)
+       HAVE_POWERPC=yes
+       AC_DEFINE(HAVE_POWERPC, 1, [Defined if host is powerpc])
+       ;;
+-- 
+2.21.0
+
diff --git a/orc.spec b/orc.spec
index fe2df70..105f1e4 100644
--- a/orc.spec
+++ b/orc.spec
@@ -1,11 +1,14 @@
 Name:		orc
 Version:	0.4.29
-Release:	1%{?dist}
+Release:	2%{?dist}
 Summary:	The Oil Run-time Compiler
 
 License:	BSD
 URL:		http://cgit.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/orc/
 Source0:	http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/src/orc/%{name}-%{version}.tar.xz
+# https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/orc/issues/19
+# revert commits changing ppc64/ppc64le support
+Patch0:		orc-0.4.29-ppc64-revert.patch
 
 BuildRequires:	gtk-doc, libtool
 
@@ -45,6 +48,7 @@ The Orc compiler, to produce optimized code.
 
 %prep
 %setup -q
+%patch0 -p1
 gtkdocize --copy
 NOCONFIGURE=1 autoreconf -vif
 
@@ -95,6 +99,9 @@ make check
 
 
 %changelog
+* Fri May 10 2019 Dan Horák <dan[at]danny.cz> 0.4.29-2
+- revert commits changing ppc64/ppc64le support
+
 * Tue Apr 23 2019 Wim Taymans <wtaymans@redhat.com> 0.4.29-1
 - Update to 0.4.29
 - Add orc-test pkgconfig file