diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 0821c87..17bed9a 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -13,6 +13,16 @@ SNAPPY_SRC:=$(addprefix $(SNAPPY_SRC_DIR)/,$(SNAPPY_CC))
 SNAPPY_OBJ:=$(addprefix $(SNAPPY_OUT)/,$(patsubst %.cc,%.o,$(SNAPPY_CC)) SnappyNative.o)
 
 SNAPPY_UNPACKED:=$(TARGET)/snappy-extracted.log
+SNAPPY_GIT_UNPACKED:=$(TARGET)/snappy-git-extracted.log
+
+ifdef USE_GIT
+  ifndef GIT_REPO_URL
+    $(warning GIT_REPO_URL is not set when using git)
+  endif
+  ifndef GIT_SNAPPY_BRANCH
+    $(warning GIT_SNAPPY_BRANCH is not set when using git)
+  endif
+endif
 
 CXXFLAGS:=$(CXXFLAGS) -I$(SNAPPY_SRC_DIR)
 
@@ -29,6 +39,14 @@ $(SNAPPY_ARCHIVE):
 $(SNAPPY_UNPACKED): $(SNAPPY_ARCHIVE)
 	$(TAR) xvfz $< -C $(TARGET)	
 	touch $@
+	cd  $(SNAPPY_SRC_DIR) && ./configure
+
+$(SNAPPY_GIT_UNPACKED):
+	@mkdir -p $(SNAPPY_SRC_DIR)
+	git clone $(GIT_REPO_URL) $(SNAPPY_SRC_DIR)
+	git --git-dir=$(SNAPPY_SRC_DIR)/.git --work-tree=$(SNAPPY_SRC_DIR) checkout -b local/snappy-$(GIT_SNAPPY_BRANCH) $(GIT_SNAPPY_BRANCH)
+	touch $@
+	cd  $(SNAPPY_SRC_DIR) && ./configure
 
 jni-header: $(SRC)/org/xerial/snappy/SnappyNative.h
 
@@ -46,7 +64,11 @@ src/main/resources/org/xerial/snappy/SnappyNativeLoader.bytecode: src/main/resou
 	$(JAVAC) -source 1.5 -target 1.5 -d $(TARGET)/temp $<
 	cp $(TARGET)/temp/org/xerial/snappy/SnappyNativeLoader.class $@
 
-$(SNAPPY_SRC): $(SNAPPY_UNPACKED)
+ifndef USE_GIT
+  $(SNAPPY_SRC): $(SNAPPY_UNPACKED)
+else
+  $(SNAPPY_SRC): $(SNAPPY_GIT_UNPACKED)
+endif
 
 $(SNAPPY_OUT)/%.o : $(SNAPPY_SRC_DIR)/%.cc
 	@mkdir -p $(@D)
@@ -73,7 +95,11 @@ NATIVE_DLL:=$(NATIVE_DIR)/$(LIBNAME)
 
 snappy-jar-version:=snappy-java-$(shell $(JAVA) -jar lib/silk-weaver.jar find 'project(artifactId, version)' pom.xml | grep snappy-java | awk '{ print $$2; }')
 
-native: $(SNAPPY_UNPACKED) $(NATIVE_DLL) 
+ifndef USE_GIT
+  native: $(SNAPPY_UNPACKED) $(NATIVE_DLL)
+else
+  native: $(SNAPPY_GIT_UNPACKED) $(NATIVE_DLL)
+endif
 snappy: native $(TARGET)/$(snappy-jar-version).jar
 
 $(NATIVE_DLL): $(SNAPPY_OUT)/$(LIBNAME) 
diff --git a/Makefile.common b/Makefile.common
index 7cdb2d9..e765e0d 100755
--- a/Makefile.common
+++ b/Makefile.common
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ OSINFO_PROG := lib/org/xerial/snappy/OSInfo.class
 OS_NAME := $(shell $(JAVA) -cp lib $(OSINFO_CLASS) --os)
 OS_ARCH := $(shell $(JAVA) -cp lib $(OSINFO_CLASS) --arch)
 LIB_FOLDER := $(shell $(JAVA) -cp lib $(OSINFO_CLASS))
+IBM_JDK_LIB := lib/inc_ibm
 
 # Windows uses different path separators
 ifeq ($(OS_NAME),Windows)
@@ -41,13 +42,24 @@ endif
 
 # os=Default is meant to be generic unix/linux
 
-known_os_archs := Linux-x86 Linux-x86_64 Linux-arm Linux-armhf Mac-x86 Mac-x86_64 FreeBSD-x86_64 Windows-x86 Windows-x86_64 SunOS-x86 SunOS-sparc SunOS-x86_64
+known_os_archs := Linux-x86 Linux-x86_64 Linux-arm Linux-armhf Linux-ppc64 Mac-x86 Mac-x86_64 FreeBSD-x86_64 Windows-x86 Windows-x86_64 SunOS-x86 SunOS-sparc SunOS-x86_64
 os_arch := $(OS_NAME)-$(OS_ARCH)
+IBM_JDK := $(findstring IBM, $(shell $(JAVA) -version 2>&1 | grep IBM))
 
 ifeq (,$(findstring $(strip $(os_arch)),$(known_os_archs)))
   os_arch := Default
 endif
 
+ifneq ($(IBM_JDK),)
+  $(shell mkdir -p $(IBM_JDK_LIB))
+  $(shell cp $(JAVA_HOME)/include/jniport.h $(IBM_JDK_LIB))
+  $(shell sed -i "s|#define JNIEXPORT *$$|#define JNIEXPORT  __attribute__((__visibility__(\"default\")))|" $(IBM_JDK_LIB)/jniport.h)
+  $(shell sed -i "s|typedef long long jlong;.*|/*typedef long long jlong;*/|" $(IBM_JDK_LIB)/jniport.h)
+  $(shell cp $(JAVA_HOME)/include/linux/jni_md.h $(IBM_JDK_LIB))
+  $(shell sed -i "s|#define JNIEXPORT|#define JNIEXPORT  __attribute__((__visibility__(\"default\")))|" $(IBM_JDK_LIB)/jni_md.h)
+  $(shell sed -i "s|typedef long long jlong;.*|/*typedef long long jlong;*/|" $(IBM_JDK_LIB)/jni_md.h)
+endif
+
 # cross-compilation toolchain prefix (e.g. "arm-linux-gnueabi-")
 CROSS_PREFIX :=
 
@@ -60,18 +72,37 @@ Default_SNAPPY_FLAGS :=
 
 Linux-x86_CXX       := $(CROSS_PREFIX)g++
 Linux-x86_STRIP     := $(CROSS_PREFIX)strip
-Linux-x86_CXXFLAGS  := -include lib/inc_linux/jni_md.h -I$(JAVA_HOME)/include -O2 -fPIC -fvisibility=hidden -m32
+ifeq ($(IBM_JDK),)
+  Linux-x86_CXXFLAGS  := -include lib/inc_linux/jni_md.h -I$(JAVA_HOME)/include -O2 -fPIC -fvisibility=hidden -m32
+else
+  Linux-x86_CXXFLAGS  := -include $(IBM_JDK_LIB)/jni_md.h -include $(IBM_JDK_LIB)/jniport.h -I$(JAVA_HOME)/include -O2 -fPIC -fvisibility=hidden -m32
+endif
 Linux-x86_LINKFLAGS := -shared -static-libgcc -static-libstdc++
 Linux-x86_LIBNAME   := libsnappyjava.so
 Linux-x86_SNAPPY_FLAGS:= 
 
 Linux-x86_64_CXX       := $(CROSS_PREFIX)g++ 
 Linux-x86_64_STRIP     := $(CROSS_PREFIX)strip
-Linux-x86_64_CXXFLAGS  := -include lib/inc_linux/jni_md.h -I$(JAVA_HOME)/include -O2 -fPIC -fvisibility=hidden -m64
+ifeq ($(IBM_JDK),)
+  Linux-x86_64_CXXFLAGS  := -Ilib/inc_linux -I$(JAVA_HOME)/include -Ilib/inc_mac -O2 -fPIC -fvisibility=hidden -m64 
+else
+  Linux-x86_64_CXXFLAGS  := -include $(IBM_JDK_LIB)/jni_md.h -include $(IBM_JDK_LIB)/jniport.h -I$(JAVA_HOME)/include -Ilib/inc_mac -O2 -fPIC -fvisibility=hidden -m64 
+endif
 Linux-x86_64_LINKFLAGS := -shared -static-libgcc -static-libstdc++
 Linux-x86_64_LIBNAME   := libsnappyjava.so
 Linux-x86_64_SNAPPY_FLAGS  := 
 
+Linux-ppc64_CXX       := g++
+Linux-ppc64_STRIP     := strip
+ifeq ($(IBM_JDK),)
+  Linux-ppc64_CXXFLAGS  := -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -Ilib/inc_linux -I$(JAVA_HOME)/include -Ilib/inc_mac -O2 -fPIC -fvisibility=hidden -m64 
+else
+  Linux-ppc64_CXXFLAGS  := -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -include $(IBM_JDK_LIB)/jni_md.h -include $(IBM_JDK_LIB)/jniport.h -I$(JAVA_HOME)/include -I$(JAVA_HOME)/include/linux -O2 -fPIC
+endif
+Linux-ppc64_LINKFLAGS := -shared -static-libgcc -static-libstdc++
+Linux-ppc64_LIBNAME   := libsnappyjava.so
+Linux-ppc64_SNAPPY_FLAGS  :=
+
 SunOS-x86_CXX       := g++ 
 SunOS-x86_STRIP     := strip
 SunOS-x86_CXXFLAGS  := -include lib/inc_linux/jni_md.h -I$(JAVA_HOME)/include -O2 -fPIC -fvisibility=hidden
diff --git a/Milestone.md b/Milestone.md
index 62c40b8..10b9c3f 100644
--- a/Milestone.md
+++ b/Milestone.md
@@ -9,7 +9,9 @@ Since vesion 1.1.0.x, Java 6 (1.6) or higher is required.
 
 # snappy-java-1.1.1-M2 (12 June 2014)
    * Bug fixes and some optimization of SnappyFramedFormat 
+   * Added a native library for ppc64le 
    * Preview build (without libstdc++ embedded for Linux/x86_64)
+   
 
 ## snappy-java-1.1.1-M1
   * Preview build (without libstdc++ embedded for Linux/x86_64)
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 05cf218..7da4b98 100755
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <groupId>org.xerial.snappy</groupId>
     <artifactId>snappy-java</artifactId>
-    <version>1.1.1-M1</version>
+    <version>1.1.1-M2</version>
     <name>Snappy for Java</name>
     <description>snappy-java: A fast compression/decompression library</description>
     <packaging>bundle</packaging>