diff --git a/pcre.spec b/pcre.spec
index 5d2d451..7ff9353 100644
--- a/pcre.spec
+++ b/pcre.spec
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 %global rcversion RC1
 Name: pcre
 Version: 8.21
-Release: %{?rcversion:0.}1%{?rcversion:.%rcversion}%{?dist}
+Release: %{?rcversion:0.}2%{?rcversion:.%rcversion}%{?dist}
 %global myversion %{version}%{?rcversion:-%rcversion}
 Summary: Perl-compatible regular expression library
 Group: System Environment/Libraries
@@ -90,8 +90,8 @@ rm -f $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_libdir}/*.la
 rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_docdir}/pcre
 
 %check
-%ifarch s390
-# larger stack is needed on s390
+%ifarch s390 ppc
+# larger stack is needed on s390, ppc
 ulimit -s 10240
 %endif
 make check
@@ -126,6 +126,9 @@ make check
 %{_mandir}/man1/pcretest.*
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Dec 08 2011 Karsten Hopp <karsten@redhat.com> 8.21-0.2.RC1
+- ppc needs a larger stack similar to s390
+
 * Tue Dec 06 2011 Petr Pisar <ppisar@redhat.com> - 8.21-0.1.RC1
 - 8.21-RC1 bump