diff --git a/binding.gyp b/binding.gyp
index 6dd6fb44..2acc45f9 100644
--- a/binding.gyp
+++ b/binding.gyp
@@ -12,9 +12,12 @@
       ['uname_m=="s390" or uname_m=="s390x"', {
         'target_arch': 's390'
       }],
-      ['uname_m=="ppc64" or uname_m=="ppc64le"', {
+      ['uname_m=="ppc64"', {
         'target_arch': 'ppc64'
       }],
+      ['uname_m=="ppc64le"', {
+        'target_arch': 'ppc64le'
+      }],
       ['OS=="win"', {
         'javahome%': '<!(node findJavaHome.js)'
       }],
diff --git a/find_java_libdir.sh b/find_java_libdir.sh
index d4663f8a..f6afc193 100755
--- a/find_java_libdir.sh
+++ b/find_java_libdir.sh
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ main () {
   else
     jre_dir="${java_home}/lib"
   fi
-
-  local lib_dir
+  
+  local lib_dir=""
   if [[ "${os}" == "linux" && ! "${java_version}" =~ (6|7|8) ]]; then
     # no arch on JDK 9+
     lib_dir="${jre_dir}/server"
@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@ main () {
     if [[ -d ${jre_dir}/s390x/classic ]]; then lib_dir="${jre_dir}"/s390x/classic; else lib_dir="${jre_dir}"/s390/classic; fi
   elif [[ "${os}" == "linux" ]] && [[ "${target_arch}" == "ppc64" || "${target_arch}" == "ppc" ]]; then
     if [[ -d ${jre_dir}/ppc64/classic ]]; then lib_dir="${jre_dir}"/ppc64/classic; fi
+  elif [[ "${os}" == "linux" ]] && [[ "${target_arch}" == "ppc64le" || "${target_arch}" == "ppcle" ]]; then
+    if [[ -d ${jre_dir}/ppc64le/classic ]]; then lib_dir="${jre_dir}"/ppc64le/classic; else lib_dir="${jre_dir}"/ppc64le/server; fi
   elif [[ "${os}" == "mac" ]]; then
     lib_dir="${jre_dir}/server"
   else
@@ -60,10 +62,11 @@ main () {
       lib_dir="${jre_dir}/${arch}/server"
     fi
   fi
+
   if [[ -z "${lib_dir}" ]]; then
     error "Can't find lib dir for ${os} ${target_arch}, java home: ${java_home}"
   fi
   echo "${lib_dir}"
 }
 
-main "$@"
\ No newline at end of file
+main "$@"