diff --git a/ipmitool/debian/control b/ipmitool/debian/control
index eb5890e..8812b6c 100644
--- a/ipmitool/debian/control
+++ b/ipmitool/debian/control
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ Build-Depends: debhelper (>> 4.0.0), libreadline-dev, libssl-dev, quilt, autotoo
 Standards-Version: 3.6.2.1
 
 Package: ipmitool-xcat
-Architecture: i386 amd64 ia64
+Architecture: i386 amd64 ia64 ppc64el
 Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, lsb-base
 Suggests: openipmi
 Description: utility for IPMI control with kernel driver or LAN interface
diff --git a/ipmitool/debian/rules b/ipmitool/debian/rules
index 6d9fa64..f47454f 100755
--- a/ipmitool/debian/rules
+++ b/ipmitool/debian/rules
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
 #export DH_VERBOSE=1
 export DH_COMPAT=4
 export DH_OPTIONS
+ifndef TARGET_ARCH
+	TARGET_ARCH=amd64
+endif
 
 CFLAGS = -Wall -g
 
@@ -20,9 +23,17 @@ configure-stamp:
 	dh_testdir
 	dh --with quilt build
 
+ifneq ($(TARGET_ARCH),ppc64el)
 	./configure --prefix=/usr \
-		    --with-kerneldir \
-		    --mandir=/usr/share/man
+                    --with-kerneldir \
+                    --mandir=/usr/share/man
+
+else
+	./configure --prefix=/usr \
+		    --mandir=/usr/share/man \
+		    --build=powerpc64le-linux-gnu
+
+endif
 	touch configure-stamp
 
 #Architecture 
diff --git a/ipmitool/make_deb.sh b/ipmitool/make_deb.sh
index 390e5c6..d1b5993 100755
--- a/ipmitool/make_deb.sh
+++ b/ipmitool/make_deb.sh
@@ -3,6 +3,14 @@
 tar xvfz ipmitool-1.8.11.tar.gz
 cd ipmitool-1.8.11
 cp -rL ../debian .
-dpkg-buildpackage -uc -us
+HOST_ARCH=`uname -m`
+if [ "$HOST_ARCH" = "ppc64le" ]; then
+    HOST_ARCH="ppc64el"
+elif [ "$HOST_ARCH" = "x86_64" ]; then
+    HOST_ARCH="amd64"
+else
+    HOST_ARCH="amd64"
+fi
+TARGET_ARCH=$HOST_ARCH dpkg-buildpackage -uc -us
 cd -
 rm -rf ipmitool-1.8.11