diff --git a/findutils.spec b/findutils.spec
index c331fb6..2f0185e 100644
--- a/findutils.spec
+++ b/findutils.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Summary: The GNU versions of find utilities (find and xargs)
 Name: findutils
 Version: 4.6.0
-Release: 9%{?dist}
+Release: 10%{?dist}
 Epoch: 1
 License: GPLv3+
 Group: Applications/File
@@ -95,6 +95,11 @@ git commit -q -m "after invocation of autoreconf"
 # prevent test-isinf from failing with gcc-5.3.1 on ppc64le (#1294016)
 export CFLAGS="$RPM_OPT_FLAGS -D__SUPPORT_SNAN__"
 
+%ifarch ppc64le
+# avoid using broken memcmp() code that gcc generates on ppc64le (#1417753)
+CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -fno-builtin-memcmp"
+%endif
+
 mkdir build
 cd build
 ln -s ../configure
@@ -136,6 +141,9 @@ fi
 %{_infodir}/find-maint.info.gz
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Jan 30 2017 Kamil Dudka <kdudka@redhat.com> - 1:4.6.0-10
+- avoid using broken memcmp() code that gcc generates on ppc64le (#1417753)
+
 * Fri Jan 27 2017 Kamil Dudka <kdudka@redhat.com> - 1:4.6.0-9
 - add explicit BR for git as we use it in %%prep