diff --git a/ghc.spec b/ghc.spec
index 87fca2b..08f19de 100644
--- a/ghc.spec
+++ b/ghc.spec
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ Version: 7.0.2
 # - release can only be reset if all library versions get bumped simultaneously
 #   (eg for a major release)
 # - minor release numbers should be incremented monotonically
-Release: 19%{?dist}
+Release: 19.1%{?dist}
 Summary: Glasgow Haskell Compilation system
 # fedora ghc has only been bootstrapped on the following archs:
 ExclusiveArch: %{ix86} x86_64 ppc alpha sparcv9 ppc64 
@@ -227,6 +227,9 @@ export CFLAGS="${CFLAGS:-%optflags}"
   --datadir=%{_datadir} --includedir=%{_includedir} --libdir=%{_libdir} \
   --libexecdir=%{_libexecdir} --localstatedir=%{_localstatedir} \
   --sharedstatedir=%{_sharedstatedir} --mandir=%{_mandir} \
+%ifarch ppc64
+  --with-gcc=/usr/bin/gcc
+%endif
   %{!?ghc_without_shared:--enable-shared}
 
 # >4 cpus tends to break build
@@ -401,6 +404,9 @@ fi
 %endif
 
 %changelog
+* Wed May 04 2011 Jiri Skala <jskala@redhat.com> - 7.0.2-19.1
+- fixes path to gcc on ppc64 arch
+
 * Tue Apr 26 2011 Jens Petersen <petersen@redhat.com> - 7.0.2-19
 - upstream ghc-powerpc-linker-mmap.patch for ppc64 (Jiri Skala)