diff --git a/0001-PPC64LE-ELFv2-ABI-updates-for-the-.opd-section.patch b/0001-PPC64LE-ELFv2-ABI-updates-for-the-.opd-section.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..27a025a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/0001-PPC64LE-ELFv2-ABI-updates-for-the-.opd-section.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+From 04c252cc93fe5905a625773cd174ed6ca7651463 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Will Schmidt <will_schmidt@vnet.ibm.com>
+Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2014 16:04:15 +0000
+Subject: [PATCH] [PPC64LE] ELFv2 ABI updates for the .opd section
+
+[PPC64LE] ELFv2 ABI updates for the .opd section
+The PPC64 Little Endian (PPC64LE) target supports the ELFv2 ABI, and as
+such, does not have a ".opd" section.  This is keyed off a _CALL_ELF=2
+macro check.
+
+The CALL_ELF check is not clearly documented at this time.  The basis
+for usage in this patch is from the gcc thread here:
+http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2013-11/msg01144.html
+
+> Adding comment from Uli:
+Looks good to me.  I think the old-style JIT doesn't really work
+anyway for 64-bit, but at least with this patch LLVM will compile
+and link again on a ppc64le host ...
+
+
+
+
+git-svn-id: https://llvm.org/svn/llvm-project/llvm/trunk@204614 91177308-0d34-0410-b5e6-96231b3b80d8
+---
+ lib/Target/PowerPC/PPCJITInfo.cpp | 5 +++++
+ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
+
+diff --git a/lib/Target/PowerPC/PPCJITInfo.cpp b/lib/Target/PowerPC/PPCJITInfo.cpp
+index 5e3a48d..227919c 100644
+--- a/lib/Target/PowerPC/PPCJITInfo.cpp
++++ b/lib/Target/PowerPC/PPCJITInfo.cpp
+@@ -214,6 +214,10 @@ asm(
+     ".text\n"
+     ".align 2\n"
+     ".globl PPC64CompilationCallback\n"
++#if _CALL_ELF == 2
++    ".type PPC64CompilationCallback,@function\n"
++"PPC64CompilationCallback:\n"
++#else
+     ".section \".opd\",\"aw\",@progbits\n"
+     ".align 3\n"
+ "PPC64CompilationCallback:\n"
+@@ -223,6 +227,7 @@ asm(
+     ".align 4\n"
+     ".type PPC64CompilationCallback,@function\n"
+ ".L.PPC64CompilationCallback:\n"
++#endif
+ #  else
+ asm(
+     ".text\n"
+-- 
+1.9.3
+
diff --git a/llvm.spec b/llvm.spec
index ec06e78..d544c5c 100644
--- a/llvm.spec
+++ b/llvm.spec
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 
 Name:           llvm
 Version:        3.4
-Release:        8%{?dist}
+Release:        9%{?dist}
 Summary:        The Low Level Virtual Machine
 
 Group:          Development/Languages
@@ -60,12 +60,15 @@ Patch3:		0003-Merging-r208501.patch
 Patch4:		0004-Merging-r208908.patch
 
 # patches
-Patch11:         0001-data-install-preserve-timestamps.patch
-Patch12:         0002-linker-flags-speedup-memory.patch
+Patch11:	0001-data-install-preserve-timestamps.patch
+Patch12:	0002-linker-flags-speedup-memory.patch
 
 # sledgehammer to default to hard-float on arm
 Patch20:	clang-3.4-arm-hard-float.patch
 
+# temporary measure to get ppc64le building, if perhaps not working
+Patch21:	0001-PPC64LE-ELFv2-ABI-updates-for-the-.opd-section.patch
+
 BuildRequires:  bison
 BuildRequires:  chrpath
 BuildRequires:  flex
@@ -306,6 +309,7 @@ mv lldb-%{version} tools/lldb
 %if %{with clang}
 %patch20 -p1
 %endif
+%patch21 -p1
 
 # fix library paths
 sed -i 's|/lib /usr/lib $lt_ld_extra|%{_libdir} $lt_ld_extra|' ./configure
@@ -671,6 +675,9 @@ exit 0
 %endif
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Jun 04 2014 Adam Jackson <ajax@redhat.com> 3.4-9
+- Backport a ppc64le fix to get things started bootstrapping
+
 * Mon Jun 02 2014 Adam Jackson <ajax@redhat.com> 3.4-8
 - Attempt to default to hard-float on arm (#803433)