diff --git a/0002-cmake-Support-ppc64.patch b/0002-cmake-Support-ppc64.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6b09549
--- /dev/null
+++ b/0002-cmake-Support-ppc64.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,127 @@
+From 2f0a7153460acc3f21462236f470ec3471fa2ee1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Boris Ranto <branto@redhat.com>
+Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2017 19:50:23 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] cmake: Support ppc64
+
+The ppc64 support requires a couple of changes:
+- adding the ppc64 support to cmake
+- changing optimized crc32 code to compile on ppc64le only
+- moving ifdef condition before crc32_align to avoid defined but not
+used warning
+
+Signed-off-by: Boris Ranto <branto@redhat.com>
+---
+ cmake/modules/SIMDExt.cmake | 15 ++++++++++++++-
+ src/CMakeLists.txt          |  4 +++-
+ src/arch/ppc.c              |  8 ++++----
+ src/common/crc32c_ppc.c     |  6 +++---
+ 4 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/cmake/modules/SIMDExt.cmake b/cmake/modules/SIMDExt.cmake
+index 5330835..c47667d 100644
+--- a/cmake/modules/SIMDExt.cmake
++++ b/cmake/modules/SIMDExt.cmake
+@@ -109,7 +109,20 @@ elseif(CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR MATCHES "i386|i686|amd64|x86_64|AMD64")
+   endif(CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR MATCHES "i686|amd64|x86_64|AMD64")
+ elseif(CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR MATCHES "(powerpc|ppc)64le")
+   set(HAVE_PPC64LE 1)
+-  message(STATUS " we are ppc64le")
++  message(STATUS " we are ppc64")
++  CHECK_C_COMPILER_FLAG("-maltivec" HAS_ALTIVEC)
++  if(HAS_ALTIVEC)
++    message(STATUS " HAS_ALTIVEC yes")
++    set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} -maltivec")
++    set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} -maltivec")
++  endif()
++  CHECK_C_COMPILER_FLAG("-mcpu=power8" HAVE_POWER8)
++  if(HAVE_POWER8)
++    message(STATUS " HAVE_POWER8 yes")
++  endif()
++elseif(CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR MATCHES "(power|ppc)64")
++  set(HAVE_PPC64 1)
++  message(STATUS " we are ppc64")
+   CHECK_C_COMPILER_FLAG("-maltivec" HAS_ALTIVEC)
+   if(HAS_ALTIVEC)
+     message(STATUS " HAS_ALTIVEC yes")
+diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
+index 66f0c14..38d1913 100644
+--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
++++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -568,7 +568,9 @@ if(HAVE_INTEL)
+   endif(HAVE_GOOD_YASM_ELF64)
+ elseif(HAVE_POWER8)
+   list(APPEND libcommon_files
+-    common/crc32c_ppc.c
++    common/crc32c_ppc.c)
++elseif(HAVE_PPC64LE)
++  list(APPEND libcommon_files
+     common/crc32c_ppc_asm.S
+     common/crc32c_ppc_fast_zero_asm.S)
+ endif(HAVE_INTEL)
+diff --git a/src/arch/ppc.c b/src/arch/ppc.c
+index f21e2fe..11d3a49 100644
+--- a/src/arch/ppc.c
++++ b/src/arch/ppc.c
+@@ -14,10 +14,10 @@ int ceph_arch_ppc_crc32 = 0;
+ 
+ #include <stdio.h>
+ 
+-#if __linux__ && __powerpc64__
++#ifdef HAVE_PPC64LE
+ #include <sys/auxv.h>
+ #include <asm/cputable.h>
+-#endif /* __linux__ && __powerpc64__ */
++#endif /* HAVE_PPC64LE */
+ 
+ #ifndef PPC_FEATURE2_VEC_CRYPTO
+ #define PPC_FEATURE2_VEC_CRYPTO		0x02000000
+@@ -31,9 +31,9 @@ int ceph_arch_ppc_probe(void)
+ {
+   ceph_arch_ppc_crc32 = 0;
+ 
+-#if __linux__ && __powerpc64__
++#ifdef HAVE_PPC64LE
+   if (getauxval(AT_HWCAP2) & PPC_FEATURE2_VEC_CRYPTO) ceph_arch_ppc_crc32 = 1;
+-#endif /* __linux__ && __powerpc64__ */
++#endif /* HAVE_PPC64LE */
+ 
+   return 0;
+ }
+diff --git a/src/common/crc32c_ppc.c b/src/common/crc32c_ppc.c
+index 43756e2..52fd1c4 100644
+--- a/src/common/crc32c_ppc.c
++++ b/src/common/crc32c_ppc.c
+@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
+ #define VMX_ALIGN	16
+ #define VMX_ALIGN_MASK	(VMX_ALIGN-1)
+ 
++#ifdef HAVE_PPC64LE
+ #ifdef REFLECT
+ static unsigned int crc32_align(unsigned int crc, unsigned char const *p,
+                                 unsigned long len)
+@@ -38,7 +39,6 @@ static unsigned int crc32_align(unsigned int crc, unsigned char const *p,
+ }
+ #endif
+ 
+-#ifdef HAVE_POWER8
+ static inline unsigned long polynomial_multiply(unsigned int a, unsigned int b) {
+         vector unsigned int va = {a, 0, 0, 0};
+         vector unsigned int vb = {b, 0, 0, 0};
+@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ uint32_t ceph_crc32c_ppc(uint32_t crc, unsigned char const *data, unsigned len)
+   return crc;
+ }
+ 
+-#else /* HAVE_POWER8 */
++#else /* HAVE_PPC64LE */
+ 
+ /* This symbol has to exist on non-ppc architectures (and on legacy
+  * ppc systems using power7 or below) in order to compile properly
+@@ -145,4 +145,4 @@ uint32_t ceph_crc32c_ppc(uint32_t crc, unsigned char const *data, unsigned len)
+   return 0;
+ }
+ 
+-#endif /* HAVE_POWER8 */
++#endif /* HAVE_PPC64LE */
+-- 
+2.9.4
+
diff --git a/ceph.spec b/ceph.spec
index 688f0f6..21b27f9 100644
--- a/ceph.spec
+++ b/ceph.spec
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
 #################################################################################
 Name:		ceph
 Version:	12.1.1
-Release:	7%{?dist}
+Release:	8%{?dist}
 %if 0%{?fedora} || 0%{?rhel}
 Epoch:		1
 %endif
@@ -88,15 +88,14 @@ URL:		http://ceph.com/
 Source0:	http://download.ceph.com/tarballs/ceph-12.1.1.tar.gz
 # https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1474773
 Patch001:	0001-src-rocksdb-util-murmurhash.patch
+# https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1474774
+Patch002:	0002-cmake-Support-ppc64.patch
 %if 0%{?suse_version}
 %if 0%{?is_opensuse}
 ExclusiveArch:	x86_64 aarch64 ppc64 ppc64le
 %else
 ExclusiveArch:	x86_64 aarch64 ppc64le s390x
 %endif
-%else
-#   ppc64 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1474774
-ExcludeArch:   ppc64
 %endif
 #################################################################################
 # dependencies that apply across all distro families
@@ -1773,6 +1772,9 @@ exit 0
 
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Aug 1 2017 Boris Ranto <branto@redhat.com> - 1:12.1.1-8
+- Fix ppc64 build
+
 * Tue Aug 1 2017 Kaleb S. KEITHLEY <kkeithle[at]redhat.com> - 1:12.1.1-7
 - python34 and other nits
 - still no fix for ppc64