diff --git a/src/shared/base-filesystem.c b/src/shared/base-filesystem.c
index a07cd22e7e..422e4d6618 100644
--- a/src/shared/base-filesystem.c
+++ b/src/shared/base-filesystem.c
@@ -69,6 +69,15 @@ static const BaseFilesystem table[] = {
 #    error "Unknown MIPS ABI"
 #  endif
 #elif defined(__powerpc__)
+#  if defined(__PPC64__) && __BYTE_ORDER__ == __ORDER_LITTLE_ENDIAN__
+        { "lib64",    0, "usr/lib/powerpc64le-linux-gnu\0"
+                         "usr/lib64\0",                "ld64.so.2" },
+#    define KNOW_LIB64_DIRS 1
+#  elif defined(__powerpc64__) && __BYTE_ORDER__ == __ORDER_BIG_ENDIAN__
+        /* powerpc64-linux-gnu */
+#  else
+        /* powerpc-linux-gnu */
+#  endif
 #elif defined(__riscv)
 #  if __riscv_xlen == 32
 #  elif __riscv_xlen == 64