diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index c141204c..16e86801 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -54,6 +54,8 @@ check_type_size("void*" CMAKE_SIZEOF_VOID_P)
     set(X86_64 OFF)
     set(ARM32 OFF)
     set(ARM64 OFF)
+    set(PPC64 OFF)
+    set(PPC64LE OFF)
     if(CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR MATCHES "^arm")
         set(ARM32 ON)
         set(Architecture "arm")
@@ -75,7 +77,11 @@ check_type_size("void*" CMAKE_SIZEOF_VOID_P)
 	elseif(CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR STREQUAL "powerpc")
 		set(Architecture "ppc")
 	elseif(CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR STREQUAL "powerpc64")
+		set(PPC64 ON)
 		set(Architecture "ppc64")
+        elseif(CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR STREQUAL "ppc64le")
+                set(PPC64LE ON)
+                set(Architecture "ppc64le")
 	else()
 		set(Architecture "${CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR}")
 	endif()
@@ -113,6 +119,10 @@ if(APPLE AND X86_64)
 set(compiler_flags_release ${compiler_flags_global})
 elseif(X86_64)
 set(compiler_flags_release ${compiler_flags_global})
+elseif(PPC64LE)
+set(compiler_flags_release ${compiler_flags_global} -mcpu=power8)
+elseif(PPC64)
+set(compiler_flags_release ${compiler_flags_global} -mcpu=powerpc64)
 else()
 if (CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID MATCHES "Clang")
 set(compiler_flags_release ${compiler_flags_global} -march=i686 -Winline -ffast-math -fomit-frame-pointer -finline-functions)
diff --git a/src/qcommon/common.c b/src/qcommon/common.c
index 7ec95d2c..78a04cf7 100644
--- a/src/qcommon/common.c
+++ b/src/qcommon/common.c
@@ -3616,14 +3616,11 @@ static void Sys_GetProcessorId( char *vendor )
 	Com_sprintf( vendor, 128, "%s %s", ARCH_STRING, (const char*)getauxval( AT_PLATFORM ) );
 #endif
 #endif // !arm32
-}
 
 #if idppc || idppc64
-static void Sys_GetProcessorId( char *vendor )
-{
-	Com_sprintf( vendor, 100, "%s", ARCH_STRING );
-}
+        Com_sprintf( vendor, 100, "%s", ARCH_STRING );
 #endif
+}
 
 #endif // __linux__