diff --git a/0001-utils-ppc64p7-is-an-architecture-variant-of-ppc64.patch b/0001-utils-ppc64p7-is-an-architecture-variant-of-ppc64.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..acb34c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/0001-utils-ppc64p7-is-an-architecture-variant-of-ppc64.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+From 0ffcc562763e8a653ac319ea96b2c09bed762de1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: "Richard W.M. Jones" <rjones@redhat.com>
+Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2014 16:35:58 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH] utils: ppc64p7 is an architecture variant of ppc64.
+
+POWER 7 with VSX and other extra instructions.
+---
+ src/utils.ml | 2 +-
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/src/utils.ml b/src/utils.ml
+index 55f6754..2e63a3a 100644
+--- a/src/utils.ml
++++ b/src/utils.ml
+@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ let compare_architecture a1 a2 =
+     | a when string_prefix "armv7" a -> 32
+     | a when string_prefix "armv8" a -> 64
+     | "ppc" | "ppc32" -> 32
+-    | "ppc64" -> 64
++    | a when string_prefix "ppc64" a -> 64
+     | "sparc" | "sparc32" -> 32
+     | "sparc64" -> 64
+     | "ia64" -> 64
+-- 
+1.8.5.3
+
diff --git a/supermin.spec b/supermin.spec
index 48d1e74..bf0a950 100644
--- a/supermin.spec
+++ b/supermin.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Summary:       Tool for creating supermin appliances
 Name:          supermin
 Version:       5.1.6
-Release:       3%{?dist}
+Release:       4%{?dist}
 License:       GPLv2+
 
 %if 0%{?rhel} >= 7
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ ExclusiveArch: x86_64
 URL:           http://people.redhat.com/~rjones/supermin/
 Source0:       http://libguestfs.org/download/supermin/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
 
+# Upstream patch to fix supermin on ppc64p7.
+Patch1:        0001-utils-ppc64p7-is-an-architecture-variant-of-ppc64.patch
+
 BuildRequires: /usr/bin/pod2man
 BuildRequires: rpm
 BuildRequires: yum-utils
@@ -51,6 +54,8 @@ second when you need to boot one of them.
 %prep
 %setup -q
 
+%patch1 -p1
+
 
 %build
 %configure --disable-network-tests
@@ -84,6 +89,9 @@ make check || {
 
 
 %changelog
+* Fri Mar 28 2014 Richard W.M. Jones <rjones@redhat.com> - 5.1.6-4
+- Add upstream patch to fix supermin on ppc64p7.
+
 * Thu Mar 27 2014 Richard W.M. Jones <rjones@redhat.com> - 5.1.6-3
 - New upstream version 5.1.6.
 - Fix tests.