diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 6d1f727f439..c041a4305cd 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -168,7 +168,8 @@ KERNELRELEASE=$(VERSION).$(PATCHLEVEL).$(SUBLEVEL)$(EXTRAVERSION)$(LOCALVERSION)
 
 SUBARCH := $(shell uname -m | sed -e s/i.86/i386/ -e s/sun4u/sparc64/ \
 				  -e s/arm.*/arm/ -e s/sa110/arm/ \
-				  -e s/s390x/s390/ -e s/parisc64/parisc/ )
+				  -e s/s390x/s390/ -e s/parisc64/parisc/ \
+				  -e s/ppc64/powerpc/ )
 
 # Cross compiling and selecting different set of gcc/bin-utils
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------