diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 0821c87..11b4d55 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ $(SNAPPY_ARCHIVE):
 $(SNAPPY_UNPACKED): $(SNAPPY_ARCHIVE)
 	$(TAR) xvfz $< -C $(TARGET)	
 	touch $@
+	cd  $(SNAPPY_SRC_DIR) && ./configure
 
 jni-header: $(SRC)/org/xerial/snappy/SnappyNative.h
 
diff --git a/Makefile.common b/Makefile.common
index 7cdb2d9..478d1b1 100755
--- a/Makefile.common
+++ b/Makefile.common
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ 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)
 
 ifeq (,$(findstring $(strip $(os_arch)),$(known_os_archs)))
@@ -72,6 +72,13 @@ 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
+Linux-ppc64_CXXFLAGS  := -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -include lib/inc_linux/jni_md.h -I$(JAVA_HOME)/include -I$(JAVA_HOME)/include/linux -O2 -fPIC
+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