diff --git a/jakarta-commons-daemon-s390x-configure.patch b/jakarta-commons-daemon-s390x-configure.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e32642f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jakarta-commons-daemon-s390x-configure.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+diff -up src/native/unix/configure.s390x src/native/unix/configure
+--- src/native/unix/configure.s390x	2009-03-03 12:36:47.000000000 +0100
++++ src/native/unix/configure	2009-03-03 12:37:04.000000000 +0100
+@@ -2432,6 +2432,8 @@ echo "$as_me: error: Unsupported operati
+     CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -DCPU=\\\"amd64\\\"" ;;
+   ia64)
+     CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -DCPU=\\\"ia64\\\"" ;;
++  s390*)
++    CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -DCPU=\\\"$host_cpu\\\"" ;;
+   bs2000)
+     CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -DCPU=\\\"osd\\\" -DCHARSET_EBCDIC -DOSD_POSIX"
+     supported_os="osd"
diff --git a/jakarta-commons-daemon.spec b/jakarta-commons-daemon.spec
index 1683374..e83f0ca 100644
--- a/jakarta-commons-daemon.spec
+++ b/jakarta-commons-daemon.spec
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
 
 Name:           jakarta-%{short_name}
 Version:        1.0.1
-Release:        7.6%{?dist}
+Release:        7.7%{?dist}
 Epoch:          1
 Summary:        Defines API to support an alternative invocation mechanism
 License:        ASL 2.0
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ Source0:        http://www.apache.org/dist/jakarta/commons/daemon/source/daemon-
 Patch0:          %{name}-crosslink.patch
 Patch1:          %{name}-execve-path-warning.patch
 Patch2:          %{name}-ia64-configure.patch
+Patch3:          %{name}-s390x-configure.patch
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
 
 %if %{native}
@@ -106,6 +107,7 @@ Javadoc for %{name}.
 %patch0 -p0
 %patch1 -p0
 %patch2 -p0
+%patch3 -p0
 chmod 644 src/samples/*
 %if %{native}
 pushd src/native/unix
@@ -189,6 +191,9 @@ fi
 %endif
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Mar 03 2009 Karsten Hopp <karsten@redhat.com> 1.0.1-7.7
+- add configure patch for s390x
+
 * Wed Feb 25 2009 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng@lists.fedoraproject.org> - 1:1.0.1-7.6
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_11_Mass_Rebuild