diff --git a/macros b/macros
index 9256cbb..54659c1 100644
--- a/macros
+++ b/macros
@@ -134,6 +134,8 @@ print(result)
 # Also used for s390.
 %__cflags_arch_s390x %[0%{?rhel} >= 9 ? "-march=z14 -mtune=z15" : "-march=zEC12 -mtune=z13"]
 
+%__cflags_arch_ppc64le %[0%{?rhel} >= 9 ? "-mcpu=power9 -mtune=power9" : "-mcpu=power8 -mtune=power8"]
+
 #==============================================================================
 # ---- configure and makeinstall.
 #
diff --git a/redhat-rpm-config.spec b/redhat-rpm-config.spec
index 0f9a2ff..67dcf97 100644
--- a/redhat-rpm-config.spec
+++ b/redhat-rpm-config.spec
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 Summary: Red Hat specific rpm configuration files
 Name: redhat-rpm-config
-Version: 213
+Version: 214
 Release: 1%{?dist}
 # No version specified.
 License: GPL+
@@ -191,6 +191,9 @@ install -p -m 644 -t %{buildroot}%{_rpmluadir}/fedora/srpm forge.lua
 %doc buildflags.md
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Feb 10 2022 Florian Weimer <fweimer@redhat.com> - 214-1
+- ppc64le: Switch baseline to POWER9 on ELN (ELN issue 78)
+
 * Thu Feb 10 2022 Florian Weimer <fweimer@redhat.com> - 213-1
 - s390x: Switch baseline to z14 on ELN (ELN issue 79)
 
diff --git a/rpmrc b/rpmrc
index 12d5979..d59bc63 100644
--- a/rpmrc
+++ b/rpmrc
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ optflags: ppciseries %{__global_compiler_flags} -m32
 optflags: ppcpseries %{__global_compiler_flags} -m32
 optflags: ppc64 %{__global_compiler_flags} -m64 -fasynchronous-unwind-tables -fstack-clash-protection
 optflags: ppc64p7 %{__global_compiler_flags} -m64 -O3 -mcpu=power7 -mtune=power7 -fasynchronous-unwind-tables -fstack-clash-protection
-optflags: ppc64le %{__global_compiler_flags} -m64 -mcpu=power8 -mtune=power8 -fasynchronous-unwind-tables -fstack-clash-protection
+optflags: ppc64le %{__global_compiler_flags} -m64 %{__cflags_arch_ppc64le} -fasynchronous-unwind-tables -fstack-clash-protection
 optflags: ppc64iseries %{__global_compiler_flags} -m64
 optflags: ppc64pseries %{__global_compiler_flags} -m64
 optflags: ppc8260 %{__global_compiler_flags} -m32