diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index e2daed6..187db12 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+lwjgl (2.7.1+dfsg-4.1) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
+
+  * Non-maintainer upload.
+  * debian/patches/ppc64el.patch: patch adds cflag -mcpu=powerpc
+    when on target compiledeb on ppc64le, to fix ftbfs on ppc64el 
+
+ -- Fernando Seiti Furusato <ferseiti@br.ibm.com>  Tue, 08 Dec 2015 10:57:30 -0500
+
 lwjgl (2.7.1+dfsg-4) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * Update packaging standards.
diff --git a/debian/patches/ppc64el.patch b/debian/patches/ppc64el.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..65c6fd8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/patches/ppc64el.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+Index: lwjgl-2.7.1+dfsg/platform_build/linux_ant/build.xml
+===================================================================
+--- lwjgl-2.7.1+dfsg.orig/platform_build/linux_ant/build.xml
++++ lwjgl-2.7.1+dfsg/platform_build/linux_ant/build.xml
+@@ -23,6 +23,10 @@
+ 		<exec executable="uname" outputproperty="hwplatform">
+ 			<arg value="-m"/>
+ 		</exec>
++		<condition property="cflags_ppc64le" value="-mcpu=powerpc -m64" else="">
++			<os arch="ppc64le"/>
++		</condition>
++		<echo message="value of arch is ${os.arch} the value of hwplatform is ${hwplatform} and cflags32 ${cflags32}" />
+ 		<condition property="xf86vm_lib" value="-lXxf86vm" else="-Wl,-static,-lXxf86vm,-call_shared">
+ 			<os name="SunOS" />
+ 		</condition>
+@@ -124,7 +128,7 @@
+     <target name="compiledeb">    	
+     	<mkdir dir="deb"/>
+     	<apply dir="deb" executable="gcc" skipemptyfilesets="true" failonerror="true">
+-			<arg line="${cflags32} ${cflags_pthread}"/>
++			<arg line="${cflags32} ${cflags_pthread} ${cflags_ppc64le}"/>
+ 			<arg value="-I${java.home}/include"/>
+ 			<arg value="-I${java.home}/include/linux"/>
+ 			<arg value="-I${java.home}/../include"/>
diff --git a/debian/patches/series b/debian/patches/series
index a8e2150..fee2916 100644
--- a/debian/patches/series
+++ b/debian/patches/series
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@
 allarchs.patch
 systemjinput.patch
 javadoc.patch
+ppc64el.patch