diff --git a/java-1.8.0-openjdk.spec b/java-1.8.0-openjdk.spec
index 1613d26..ee57dba 100644
--- a/java-1.8.0-openjdk.spec
+++ b/java-1.8.0-openjdk.spec
@@ -937,7 +937,7 @@ Obsoletes: java-1.7.0-openjdk-accessibility%{?1}
 
 Name:    java-%{javaver}-%{origin}
 Version: %{javaver}.%{updatever}
-Release: 1.%{buildver}%{?dist}
+Release: 2.%{buildver}%{?dist}
 # java-1.5.0-ibm from jpackage.org set Epoch to 1 for unknown reasons,
 # and this change was brought into RHEL-4.  java-1.5.0-ibm packages
 # also included the epoch in their virtual provides.  This created a
@@ -1728,11 +1728,16 @@ do
 done
 
 # Make sure gdb can do a backtrace based on line numbers on libjvm.so
+# javaCalls.cpp:58 should map to:
+# http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk8u/jdk8u/hotspot/file/ff3b27e6bcc2/src/share/vm/runtime/javaCalls.cpp#l58 
+# Using line number 1 might cause build problems. See:
+# https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1539664
+# https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1538767
 gdb -q "$JAVA_HOME/bin/java" <<EOF | tee gdb.out
 handle SIGSEGV pass nostop noprint
 handle SIGILL pass nostop noprint
 set breakpoint pending on
-break javaCalls.cpp:1
+break javaCalls.cpp:58
 commands 1
 backtrace
 quit
@@ -2129,6 +2134,10 @@ require "copy_jdk_configs.lua"
 %endif
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Jan 29 2018 Severin Gehwolf <sgehwolf@redhat.com> - 1:1.8.0.161-2.b14
+- Work around ppc64le gdb backtrace problem in %check.
+  See RHBZ#1539664
+
 * Wed Jan 24 2018 Severin Gehwolf <sgehwolf@redhat.com> - 1:1.8.0.161-1.b14
 - Fix FTBFS due to link failure in libfontmanager.so
 - See RHBZ#1538767