diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 1acc846..a7cdced 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,26 @@
+dpdk (2.2.0-0ubuntu3~dev4) xenial; urgency=medium
+
+  * d/control:
+    - removed xen build dependencies for ppc64el
+  * d/rules:
+    - disabled dpdk xen support on ppc64el
+  * bump version after minor fix
+
+ -- Christian Ehrhardt <christian.ehrhardt@canonical.com>  Tue, 18 Jan 2016 11:50:15 +0100
+
+dpdk (2.2.0-0ubuntu3~dev1) xenial; urgency=medium
+
+  * d/p/ppc64-dpdk.patch
+    - Fixed ppc64 CFLAGS
+  * d/control:
+    - added ppc64el to Architectures (LP: #1538664)
+  * d/rules:
+    - renamed defconfig_ppc_64-power8-linuxapp-gcc to
+      defconfig_ppc64le-native-linuxapp-gcc since that is the file searched
+      during build
+
+ -- Christian Ehrhardt <christian.ehrhardt@canonical.com>  Tue, 18 Jan 2016 10:50:15 +0100
+
 dpdk (2.2.0-0ubuntu2~dev2) xenial; urgency=low
 
   * Merge from Upstream to DPDK 2.2
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 0abaa2c..7e88d81 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ Priority: optional
 Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers <ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com>
 Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 9), libcap-dev, doxygen, python-sphinx,
  graphviz, inkscape, texlive-latex-extra, texlive-fonts-recommended,
- python, dh-python, dh-systemd (>= 1.5), libpcap-dev, libxen-dev,
- libxenstore3.0
+ python, dh-python, dh-systemd (>= 1.5), libpcap-dev,
+ libxen-dev [i386 amd64 armhf arm64], libxenstore3.0 [i386 amd64 armhf arm64]
 Standards-Version: 3.9.6
 Section: libs
 Homepage: http://www.dpdk.org
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ Vcs-Browser: http://www.dpdk.org/browse/dpdk/refs/
 
 Package: dpdk
 Section: devel
-Architecture: amd64 i386
+Architecture: amd64 i386 ppc64el
 Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, libdpdk0 (= ${binary:Version}),
   ${misc:Depends}, ${python:Depends}, lsb-base (>= 3.2-14)
 Description: Data Plane Development Kit (runtime)
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ Description: Data Plane Development Kit (runtime)
 
 Package: dpdk-dev
 Section: devel
-Architecture: amd64 i386
+Architecture: amd64 i386 ppc64el
 Depends: libdpdk0 (= ${binary:Version}), ${misc:Depends}
 Description: Data Plane Development Kit (development files)
  DPDK is a set of libraries for fast packet processing. Applications run
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ Description: Data Plane Development Kit (documentation)
  This package contains the complete set of documentation and guides.
 
 Package: libdpdk0
-Architecture: amd64 i386
+Architecture: amd64 i386 ppc64el
 Multi-Arch: same
 Pre-Depends: ${misc:Pre-Depends}
 Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ Description: Data Plane Development Kit (runtime libraries)
 
 Package: libdpdk-dev
 Section: libdevel
-Architecture: amd64 i386
+Architecture: amd64 i386 ppc64el
 Multi-Arch: same
 Pre-Depends: ${misc:Pre-Depends}
 Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}, libdpdk0 (= ${binary:Version})
diff --git a/debian/patches/ppc64-dpdk.patch b/debian/patches/ppc64-dpdk.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e76ea75
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/patches/ppc64-dpdk.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+Description: build: set CFLAGS for ppc64el build
+  The current build wouldn't work on ppc, so add a proper ifeq statement
+  to set the mcpu as needed.
+Forwarded: Not yet. Author should do that
+Author: Fernando Seiti Furusato <ferseiti@br.ibm.com>
+Last-Update: 2016-01-28
+
+--- a/mk/machine/default/rte.vars.mk
++++ b/mk/machine/default/rte.vars.mk
+@@ -55,4 +55,8 @@
+ # CPU_LDFLAGS =
+ # CPU_ASFLAGS =
+ 
+-MACHINE_CFLAGS += -march=core2
++ifeq (ppc64le,$(shell uname -m))
++        MACHINE_CFLAGS += -mcpu=power8
++else
++        MACHINE_CFLAGS += -march=core2
++endif
diff --git a/debian/patches/series b/debian/patches/series
index 88389e2..428a74e 100644
--- a/debian/patches/series
+++ b/debian/patches/series
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 ubuntu-fix-doc-installpath.patch
 ubuntu-combined-shared-lib-abiversion.patch
+ppc64-dpdk.patch
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index d533f50..f62ad79 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@ clean:
 
 build-config:
 	dh_testdir
+	# build searches for this filename
+	mv config/defconfig_ppc_64-power8-linuxapp-gcc \
+		config/defconfig_ppc64le-native-linuxapp-gcc
 	make O=$(DPDK_STATIC_DIR) T=$(DPDK_CONFIG) config
 	sed -ri -e 's,(RTE_MACHINE=).*,\1"default",' \
 	        -e 's,(RTE_NEXT_ABI=).*,\1n,' \
@@ -37,6 +40,11 @@ build-config:
             -e 's,(LIBRTE_PMD_PCAP=).*,\1y,' \
             -e 's,(LIBRTE_PMD_XENVIRT=).*,\1y,' \
 	        $(DPDK_STATIC_DIR)/.config
+ifeq ($(DEB_HOST_ARCH),ppc64el) 
+	# ppc64el has no xen support
+	sed -ri -e 's,(LIBRTE_PMD_XENVIRT=).*,\1n,' \
+			$(DPDK_STATIC_DIR)/.config
+endif
 
 build-indep:
 	dh_testdir