diff --git a/qt.csh b/qt.csh
index 93fd941..7497099 100755
--- a/qt.csh
+++ b/qt.csh
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 # Qt initialization script (csh)
 
 # In multilib environments there is a preferred architecture, 64 bit over 32 bit in x86_64,
-# 32 bit over 64 bit in ppc64. When a conflict is found between two packages corresponding
-# with different arches, the installed file is the one from the preferred arch. This is
-# very common for executables in /usr/bin, for example. If the file /usr/bin/foo is found
-# in an x86_64 package and in an i386 package, the executable from x86_64 will be installe
+# ppc64. When a conflict is found between two packages corresponding with different arches,
+# the installed file is the one from the preferred arch. This is very common for executables
+# in /usr/bin, for example. If the file /usr/bin/foo is found  in an x86_64 package and in
+# an i386 package, the executable from x86_64 will be installe
 
 if ( $?QTDIR ) then
    exit
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ switch (`uname -m`)
    case x86_64:
    case ia64:
    case s390x:
+   case ppc64:
+   case ppc64le:
       set QTPREFIXES = "/usr/lib64/qt-3.3 /usr/lib/qt-3.3"
       breaksw
    case *:
diff --git a/qt.sh b/qt.sh
index 4b298f5..df8d24e 100755
--- a/qt.sh
+++ b/qt.sh
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 if [ -z "${QTDIR}" ]; then
 
 case `uname -m` in
-   x86_64 | ia64 | s390x | ppc64)
+   x86_64 | ia64 | s390x | ppc64 | ppc64le)
       QT_PREFIXES="/usr/lib64/qt-3.3 /usr/lib/qt-3.3" ;;
    * )
       QT_PREFIXES="/usr/lib/qt-3.3 /usr/lib64/qt-3.3" ;;
diff --git a/qt3.spec b/qt3.spec
index 50681b3..6ff2015 100644
--- a/qt3.spec
+++ b/qt3.spec
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 Name: qt3
 Summary: The shared library for the Qt 3 GUI toolkit
 Version: 3.3.8b
-Release: 56%{?dist}
+Release: 57%{?dist}
 License: QPL or GPLv2 or GPLv3
 Group: System Environment/Libraries
 BuildRoot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
@@ -633,6 +633,10 @@ rm -rf %{buildroot}
 
 
 %changelog
+* Sun Feb 23 2014 Kevin Kofler <Kevin@tigcc.ticalc.org> - 3.3.8b-57
+- add ppc64le support to qt.sh and qt.csh (#1068898)
+- fix ppc64 support in qt.csh
+
 * Tue Jan 14 2014 Kevin Kofler <Kevin@tigcc.ticalc.org> - 3.3.8b-56
 - work around -Werror=format-security false positives (#1037297)