diff --git a/fix-ppc64le-builds.patch b/fix-ppc64le-builds.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f56ad86
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fix-ppc64le-builds.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+diff --git a/aclocal/ax_boost_base.m4 b/aclocal/ax_boost_base.m4
+index b496020..30ee0df 100644
+--- a/aclocal/ax_boost_base.m4
++++ b/aclocal/ax_boost_base.m4
+@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ if test "x$want_boost" = "xyes"; then
+     libsubdirs="lib"
+     ax_arch=`uname -m`
+     case $ax_arch in
+-      x86_64|ppc64|s390x|sparc64|aarch64)
++      x86_64|ppc64|ppc64le|s390x|sparc64|aarch64)
+         libsubdirs="lib64 lib lib64"
+         ;;
+     esac
diff --git a/thrift.spec b/thrift.spec
index 6b6181e..115c611 100644
--- a/thrift.spec
+++ b/thrift.spec
@@ -76,6 +76,8 @@ Patch0: %{name}-%{version}-buildxml.patch
 Patch1: fb303-%{version}-buildxml.patch
 # fix configure.ac insistence on using /usr/local/lib for JAVA_PREFIX
 Patch2: configure-java-prefix.patch
+# fix for ppc64le builds not linking to /usr/lib64 directory
+Patch3: fix-ppc64le-builds.patch
 
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