diff --git a/SOURCES/0001-Add-AArch64-and-ppc64le-support-to-QEMU-backend.patch b/SOURCES/0001-Add-AArch64-and-ppc64le-support-to-QEMU-backend.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c50c924
--- /dev/null
+++ b/SOURCES/0001-Add-AArch64-and-ppc64le-support-to-QEMU-backend.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+From dffd32bb5418f6eb183bf8518dd1d82d70463c94 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Elkhan Mammadli <elkhan.mammadli@protonmail.com>
+Date: Thu, 2 Nov 2023 16:09:37 +0400
+Subject: [PATCH 1/1] Add AArch64 and ppc64le support to QEMU backend
+
+Disable audio device support since it's not available
+in the QEMU of Enterprise Linux on AArch64 and ppc64le
+
+AArch64:
+
+- Use XHCI (qemu-xhci) as USB controller.
+It's more modern than nec-usb-xhci
+which is not available in the QEMU of Enterprise Linux
+
+ppc64le:
+
+- Use VirtIO Keyboard as a keyboard device.
+- Use VirtIO Tablet as a tablet device.
+- Do not remove floppy drive device since it's not supported.
+- Do not add boot order since it's not supported for this architecture.
+
+Signed-off-by: Elkhan Mammadli <elkhan.mammadli@protonmail.com>
+---
+ backend/qemu.pm | 15 ++++++++++-----
+ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/backend/qemu.pm b/backend/qemu.pm
+index 0a6275f4..904ec7bf 100644
+--- a/backend/qemu.pm
++++ b/backend/qemu.pm
+@@ -746,6 +746,7 @@ sub start_qemu ($self) {
+     $arch = 'arm' if ($arch =~ /armv6|armv7/);
+     my $is_arm = $arch eq 'aarch64' || $arch eq 'arm';
+     my $is_s390x = $arch eq 's390x';
++    my $is_ppc64le = $arch eq 'ppc64le';
+ 
+     $self->_set_graphics_backend($is_arm);
+ 
+@@ -762,7 +763,11 @@ sub start_qemu ($self) {
+         $arch_supports_boot_order = 0;
+         $use_virtio_kbd = 1;
+     }
+-    elsif ($vars->{OFW}) {
++    elsif ($is_ppc64le) {
++        $arch_supports_boot_order = 0;
++        $use_virtio_kbd = 1;
++    }
++    elsif ($vars->{OFW} && !$is_ppc64le) {
+         $use_usb_kbd = $self->qemu_params_ofw;
+     }
+ 
+@@ -851,7 +856,7 @@ sub start_qemu ($self) {
+     sp('chardev', 'ringbuf,id=serial0,logfile=serial0,logappend=on');
+     sp('serial', 'chardev:serial0');
+ 
+-    if (!$is_s390x) {
++    if (!$is_s390x && !$is_arm && !$is_ppc64le) {
+         if ($self->requires_audiodev) {
+             my $audiodev = $vars->{QEMU_AUDIODEV} // 'intel-hda';
+             my $audiobackend = $vars->{QEMU_AUDIOBACKEND} // 'none';
+@@ -869,7 +874,7 @@ sub start_qemu ($self) {
+     }
+     {
+         # Remove floppy drive device on architectures
+-        sp('global', 'isa-fdc.fdtypeA=none') unless ($is_arm || $is_s390x || $vars->{QEMU_NO_FDC_SET});
++        sp('global', 'isa-fdc.fdtypeA=none') unless ($is_arm || $is_s390x || $is_ppc64le || $vars->{QEMU_NO_FDC_SET});
+ 
+         sp('m', $vars->{QEMURAM}) if $vars->{QEMURAM};
+         sp('machine', $vars->{QEMUMACHINE}) if $vars->{QEMUMACHINE};
+@@ -952,8 +957,8 @@ sub start_qemu ($self) {
+         }
+ 
+         unless ($vars->{QEMU_NO_TABLET}) {
+-            sp('device', ($vars->{OFW} || $arch eq 'aarch64') ? 'nec-usb-xhci' : $is_s390x ? 'virtio-tablet' : 'qemu-xhci');
+-            sp('device', 'usb-tablet') unless $is_s390x;
++            sp('device', ($vars->{OFW} && !$is_ppc64le) ? 'nec-usb-xhci' : ($is_s390x || $is_ppc64le) ? 'virtio-tablet' : 'qemu-xhci');
++            sp('device', 'usb-tablet') unless ($is_s390x || $is_ppc64le);
+         }
+ 
+         sp('device', 'usb-kbd') if $use_usb_kbd;
+-- 
+2.41.0
+
diff --git a/SPECS/os-autoinst.spec b/SPECS/os-autoinst.spec
index 8f051cf..b3bf29e 100644
--- a/SPECS/os-autoinst.spec
+++ b/SPECS/os-autoinst.spec
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 
 Name:           os-autoinst
 Version:        %{github_version}%{?github_date:^%{github_date}git%{shortcommit}}
-Release:        2%{?dist}
+Release:        3%{?dist}
 Summary:        OS-level test automation
 License:        GPLv2+
 URL:            https://os-autoinst.github.io/openQA/
@@ -48,6 +48,11 @@ Source0:        https://github.com/%{github_owner}/%{github_name}/archive/%{gith
 # migration capability has been removed)
 Patch0:         os-autoinst-enable-multifd-support.patch
 
+# AlmaLinux-specific: adjust the QEMU backend for the QEMU build shipped
+# in Enterprise Linux on AArch64 and ppc64le (USB/keyboard/tablet wiring,
+# disable audio, drop unsupported boot order and floppy handling)
+Patch1:         0001-Add-AArch64-and-ppc64le-support-to-QEMU-backend.patch
+
 # on SUSE this is conditional, for us it doesn't have to be but we
 # still use a macro just to keep build_requires similar for ease of
 # cross-comparison
@@ -250,6 +255,9 @@ rm tools/lib/perlcritic/Perl/Critic/Policy/*.pm
 %files devel
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Apr 21 2026 Andrew Lukoshko <alukoshko@almalinux.org> - 4.6^20230731git6c17e24-3
+- Add AArch64 and ppc64le support to QEMU backend (by Elkhan Mammadli)
+
 * Tue Apr 21 2026 Andrew Lukoshko <alukoshko@almalinux.org> - 4.6^20230731git6c17e24-2
 - Backport upstream commit 10216249 to enable multifd support (required
   for qemu >= 9.1 where the "compress" migration capability was removed)