diff -up ruby-1.9.3-p0/ext/tk/extconf.rb.orig ruby-1.9.3-p0/ext/tk/extconf.rb
--- ruby-1.9.3-p0/ext/tk/extconf.rb.orig	2011-06-29 16:11:19.000000000 +0200
+++ ruby-1.9.3-p0/ext/tk/extconf.rb	2011-10-18 16:15:59.406299659 +0200
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ def is_macosx?
 end
 
 def maybe_64bit?
-  /64|universal/ =~ RUBY_PLATFORM
+  /64|universal|s390x/ =~ RUBY_PLATFORM
 end
 
 def check_tcltk_version(version)