diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index bd5d859..fa658d5 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+ibutils (1.5.7-4) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
+
+  * Enable build on ppc64el. (Closes: #779594)
+
+ -- Ana Beatriz Guerrero Lopez <ana@debian.org>  Sun, 06 Mar 2016 22:48:59 +0100
+
 ibutils (1.5.7-3) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   * Upload to unstable.
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 2cb789a..e16cdfb 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -11,14 +11,14 @@
 Homepage: https://www.openfabrics.org/downloads/ibutils/
 
 Package: ibutils
-Architecture: i386 ia64 amd64 powerpc
+Architecture: i386 ia64 amd64 powerpc ppc64el
 Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}, libibdm1
 Description: InfiniBand network utilities
  This package contains a set of utilities useful for
  diagnosing and testing InfiniBand based networks.
 
 Package: libibdm1
-Architecture: i386 ia64 amd64 powerpc
+Architecture: i386 ia64 amd64 powerpc ppc64el
 Pre-Depends: ${misc:Pre-Depends}
 Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}
 Description: InfiniBand network diagnostic library
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 
 Package: libibdm-dev
 Section: libdevel
-Architecture: i386 ia64 amd64 powerpc
+Architecture: i386 ia64 amd64 powerpc ppc64el
 Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}
 Description: Development files for the libibdm library
  This package contains header files for building applications