diff --git a/cmake/modules/SIMDExt.cmake b/cmake/modules/SIMDExt.cmake
index 5330835aa16..021524e11e3 100644
--- a/cmake/modules/SIMDExt.cmake
+++ b/cmake/modules/SIMDExt.cmake
@@ -107,9 +107,14 @@ elseif(CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR MATCHES "i386|i686|amd64|x86_64|AMD64")
       endif()
     endif(CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR MATCHES "amd64|x86_64|AMD64")
   endif(CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR MATCHES "i686|amd64|x86_64|AMD64")
-elseif(CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR MATCHES "(powerpc|ppc)64le")
-  set(HAVE_PPC64LE 1)
-  message(STATUS " we are ppc64le")
+elseif(CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR MATCHES "(powerpc|ppc)64|(powerpc|ppc)64le")
+  if(CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR MATCHES "(powerpc|ppc)64le")
+    set(HAVE_PPC64LE 1)
+    message(STATUS " we are ppc64le")
+  else()
+    set(HAVE_PPC64 1)
+    message(STATUS " we are ppc64")
+  endif(CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR MATCHES "(powerpc|ppc)64le")
   CHECK_C_COMPILER_FLAG("-maltivec" HAS_ALTIVEC)
   if(HAS_ALTIVEC)
     message(STATUS " HAS_ALTIVEC yes")
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 5060b41bc23..728a9c59e98 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -573,9 +573,12 @@ if(HAVE_INTEL)
   endif(HAVE_GOOD_YASM_ELF64)
 elseif(HAVE_POWER8)
   list(APPEND libcommon_files
-    common/crc32c_ppc.c
-    common/crc32c_ppc_asm.S
-    common/crc32c_ppc_fast_zero_asm.S)
+    common/crc32c_ppc.c)
+  if(HAVE_PPC64LE)
+    list(APPEND libcommon_files
+      common/crc32c_ppc_asm.S
+      common/crc32c_ppc_fast_zero_asm.S)
+  endif(HAVE_PPC64LE)
 endif(HAVE_INTEL)
 
 if(LINUX)
diff --git a/src/arch/ppc.c b/src/arch/ppc.c
index f21e2fe1700..11d3a49911f 100644
--- a/src/arch/ppc.c
+++ b/src/arch/ppc.c
@@ -14,10 +14,10 @@ int ceph_arch_ppc_crc32 = 0;
 
 #include <stdio.h>
 
-#if __linux__ && __powerpc64__
+#ifdef HAVE_PPC64LE
 #include <sys/auxv.h>
 #include <asm/cputable.h>
-#endif /* __linux__ && __powerpc64__ */
+#endif /* HAVE_PPC64LE */
 
 #ifndef PPC_FEATURE2_VEC_CRYPTO
 #define PPC_FEATURE2_VEC_CRYPTO		0x02000000
@@ -31,9 +31,9 @@ int ceph_arch_ppc_probe(void)
 {
   ceph_arch_ppc_crc32 = 0;
 
-#if __linux__ && __powerpc64__
+#ifdef HAVE_PPC64LE
   if (getauxval(AT_HWCAP2) & PPC_FEATURE2_VEC_CRYPTO) ceph_arch_ppc_crc32 = 1;
-#endif /* __linux__ && __powerpc64__ */
+#endif /* HAVE_PPC64LE */
 
   return 0;
 }
diff --git a/src/common/crc32c_ppc.c b/src/common/crc32c_ppc.c
index 43756e24ef8..52fd1c4eef2 100644
--- a/src/common/crc32c_ppc.c
+++ b/src/common/crc32c_ppc.c
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 #define VMX_ALIGN	16
 #define VMX_ALIGN_MASK	(VMX_ALIGN-1)
 
+#ifdef HAVE_PPC64LE
 #ifdef REFLECT
 static unsigned int crc32_align(unsigned int crc, unsigned char const *p,
                                 unsigned long len)
@@ -38,7 +39,6 @@ static unsigned int crc32_align(unsigned int crc, unsigned char const *p,
 }
 #endif
 
-#ifdef HAVE_POWER8
 static inline unsigned long polynomial_multiply(unsigned int a, unsigned int b) {
         vector unsigned int va = {a, 0, 0, 0};
         vector unsigned int vb = {b, 0, 0, 0};
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ uint32_t ceph_crc32c_ppc(uint32_t crc, unsigned char const *data, unsigned len)
   return crc;
 }
 
-#else /* HAVE_POWER8 */
+#else /* HAVE_PPC64LE */
 
 /* This symbol has to exist on non-ppc architectures (and on legacy
  * ppc systems using power7 or below) in order to compile properly
@@ -145,4 +145,4 @@ uint32_t ceph_crc32c_ppc(uint32_t crc, unsigned char const *data, unsigned len)
   return 0;
 }
 
-#endif /* HAVE_POWER8 */
+#endif /* HAVE_PPC64LE */