diff --git a/src/tools/EpicsHostArch.pl b/src/tools/EpicsHostArch.pl
index 52c427253..67e29c77e 100644
--- a/src/tools/EpicsHostArch.pl
+++ b/src/tools/EpicsHostArch.pl
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ sub HostArch {
         return 'linux-x86'      if m/^i[3-6]86-linux/;
         return 'linux-arm'      if m/^arm-linux/;
         return 'linux-aarch64'  if m/^aarch64-linux/;
+        return 'linux-ppc64'    if m/^powerpc64-linux/;
         return 'windows-x64'    if m/^MSWin32-x64/;
         return 'win32-x86'      if m/^MSWin32-x86/;
         return "cygwin-x86_64"  if m/^x86_64-cygwin/;