diff --git a/xCAT-buildkit/bin/buildkit b/xCAT-buildkit/bin/buildkit
index 53b7662c4..983f4eb79 100755
--- a/xCAT-buildkit/bin/buildkit
+++ b/xCAT-buildkit/bin/buildkit
@@ -1872,6 +1872,11 @@ sub validate_os
     my ($osbasename,$osmore) = split(/\,/, $osinfo);
     my ($osmajorversion,$osminorversion) = split(/\./, $osmore);
     my $osarch=`uname -p`;
+    if ($debianflag==1) {
+       if($osarch == "ppc64le"){
+       $osarch="ppc64el";
+       }
+    }
     chomp($osarch);
     $osinfo =~ s/\,//;
     my $repo_osinfo = "$repo->{osbasename}$repo->{osmajorversion}";