diff --git a/0001-PPC64LE-arch-support-in-openjdk-1.8.patch b/0001-PPC64LE-arch-support-in-openjdk-1.8.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8da775d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/0001-PPC64LE-arch-support-in-openjdk-1.8.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+From ebf2be47870510a6348db5fe3419578ec6fea877 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Brent Baude <baude@us.ibm.com>
+Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2014 09:32:36 -0500
+Subject: [PATCH] PPC64LE arch support in openjdk-1.8
+
+---
+ jdk8/common/autoconf/platform.m4          | 6 ++++++
+ jdk8/hotspot/src/os/linux/vm/os_linux.cpp | 2 ++
+ 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+)
+
+diff --git a/jdk8/common/autoconf/platform.m4 b/jdk8/common/autoconf/platform.m4
+index 757bf22..2506fc8 100644
+--- a/jdk8/common/autoconf/platform.m4
++++ b/jdk8/common/autoconf/platform.m4
+@@ -60,6 +60,12 @@ AC_DEFUN([PLATFORM_EXTRACT_VARS_FROM_CPU],
+       VAR_CPU_BITS=64
+       VAR_CPU_ENDIAN=big
+       ;;
++    powerpc64le)
++      VAR_CPU=ppc64le
++      VAR_CPU_ARCH=ppc
++      VAR_CPU_BITS=64
++      VAR_CPU_ENDIAN=little
++      ;;
+     s390)
+       VAR_CPU=s390
+       VAR_CPU_ARCH=s390
+diff --git a/jdk8/hotspot/src/os/linux/vm/os_linux.cpp b/jdk8/hotspot/src/os/linux/vm/os_linux.cpp
+index 68314bb..5885d10 100644
+--- a/jdk8/hotspot/src/os/linux/vm/os_linux.cpp
++++ b/jdk8/hotspot/src/os/linux/vm/os_linux.cpp
+@@ -1978,6 +1978,8 @@ void * os::dll_load(const char *filename, char *ebuf, int ebuflen)
+     static  Elf32_Half running_arch_code=EM_SPARC;
+   #elif  (defined __powerpc64__)
+     static  Elf32_Half running_arch_code=EM_PPC64;
++  #elif  (defined __powerpc64le__)
++    static  Elf32_Half running_arch_code=EM_PPC64LE;
+   #elif  (defined __powerpc__)
+     static  Elf32_Half running_arch_code=EM_PPC;
+   #elif  (defined ARM)
+-- 
+1.9.0
+
diff --git a/java-1.8.0-openjdk.spec b/java-1.8.0-openjdk.spec
index 9bbb1eb..6600852 100644
--- a/java-1.8.0-openjdk.spec
+++ b/java-1.8.0-openjdk.spec
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@
 %global multilib_arches %{power64} sparc64 x86_64 %{aarch64}
 %global jit_arches      %{ix86} x86_64 sparcv9 sparc64 %{aarch64}
 
+# sometimes we need to distinguish big and little endian PPC64
+# taken from the openjdk-1.7 spec
+%global ppc64le                 ppc64le
+%global ppc64be                 ppc64 ppc64p7
 
 %ifarch x86_64
 %global archinstall amd64
@@ -17,6 +21,9 @@
 %ifarch %{power64}
 %global archinstall ppc64
 %endif
+%ifarch %{ppc64le}
+%global archinstall ppc64le
+%endif
 %ifarch %{ix86}
 %global archinstall i386
 %endif
@@ -128,7 +135,7 @@
 
 Name:    java-%{javaver}-%{origin}
 Version: %{javaver}.%{updatever}
-Release: 2.%{buildver}%{?dist}
+Release: 3.%{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
@@ -215,6 +222,8 @@ Patch201: system-libjpeg.patch
 Patch202: system-libpng.patch
 Patch203: system-lcms.patch
 
+Patch999: 0001-PPC64LE-arch-support-in-openjdk-1.8.patch
+
 BuildRequires: autoconf
 BuildRequires: automake
 BuildRequires: alsa-lib-devel
@@ -249,7 +258,7 @@ BuildRequires: libffi-devel
 BuildRequires: openssl
 # execstack build requirement.
 # no prelink on ARM yet
-%ifnarch %{arm} %{aarch64}
+%ifnarch %{arm} %{aarch64} ppc64le
 BuildRequires: prelink
 %endif
 %if %{with_systemtap}
@@ -436,6 +445,7 @@ sh %{SOURCE12}
 %ifarch ppc %{power64}
 # PPC fixes
 %patch103
+%patch999 -p1
 %endif
 
 # Extract systemtap tapsets
@@ -1096,6 +1106,9 @@ exit 0
 %{_jvmdir}/%{jredir}/lib/accessibility.properties
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Apr 24 2014 Brent Baude <baude@us.ibm.com> - 1:1.8.0.5-3.b13
+- Add ppc64le support, bz# 1088344
+
 * Wed Apr 23 2014 Omair Majid <omajid@redhat.com> - 1:1.8.0.5-2.b13
 - Build with -fno-devirtualize
 - Don't strip debuginfo from files