diff --git a/rrdtool-1.4.8-php-ppc-fix.patch b/rrdtool-1.4.8-php-ppc-fix.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..23c22aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rrdtool-1.4.8-php-ppc-fix.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- a/php4/ltconfig	2014-08-11 13:01:13.020065855 +0000
++++ a/php4/ltconfig	2014-08-11 13:01:23.870060274 +0000
+@@ -1939,7 +1939,7 @@ 
+   else
+     # Only the GNU ld.so supports shared libraries on MkLinux.
+     case "$host_cpu" in
+-    powerpc*) dynamic_linker=no ;;
++#    powerpc*) dynamic_linker=no ;;
+     *) dynamic_linker='Linux ld.so' ;;
+     esac
+   fi
diff --git a/rrdtool.spec b/rrdtool.spec
index 6dece6d..3d95942 100644
--- a/rrdtool.spec
+++ b/rrdtool.spec
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 Summary: Round Robin Database Tool to store and display time-series data
 Name: rrdtool
 Version: 1.4.8
-Release: 15%{?dist}
+Release: 16%{?dist}
 License: GPLv2+ with exceptions
 Group: Applications/Databases
 URL: http://oss.oetiker.ch/rrdtool/
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ Patch5: rrdtool-1.4.7-lua-5.2.patch
 Patch6: rrdtool-1.4.8-imginfo-check.patch
 # patch sent upstream
 Patch7: rrdtool-1.4.8-doc-fix.patch
+# enable php bindings on ppc
+Patch8: rrdtool-1.4.8-php-ppc-fix.patch
 
 BuildRoot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
 Requires: dejavu-sans-mono-fonts
@@ -101,11 +103,6 @@ Provides: python-%{name} = %{version}-%{release}
 Python RRDtool bindings.
 %endif
 
-%ifarch %{power64}
-# php bits busted on ppc64 at the moment
-%define with_php 0
-%endif
-
 %if %{with_php}
 %package php
 Summary: PHP RRDtool bindings
@@ -182,6 +179,7 @@ The %{name}-lua package includes RRDtool bindings for Lua.
 %patch5 -p1 -b .lua-52
 %patch6 -p1 -b .imginfo-check
 %patch7 -p1 -b .doc-fix
+%patch8 -p1 -b .php-ppc-fix
 
 # Fix to find correct python dir on lib64
 %{__perl} -pi -e 's|get_python_lib\(0,0,prefix|get_python_lib\(1,0,prefix|g' \
@@ -395,6 +393,9 @@ LD_LIBRARY_PATH=%{buildroot}%{_libdir} php -n \
 %endif
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Aug 12 2014 Jaroslav Škarvada <jskarvad@redhat.com> - 1.4.8-16
+- Enabled php bindings on ppc
+
 * Fri Aug  8 2014 Jaroslav Škarvada <jskarvad@redhat.com> - 1.4.8-15
 - Fixed conditionalized patch to be according to Packaging guidelines