diff --git a/Makefile.common b/Makefile.common
index 5c3974c..a8c7e6d 100755
--- a/Makefile.common
+++ b/Makefile.common
@@ -115,7 +115,8 @@ ifeq ($(IBM_JDK_7),)
 else
   Linux-ppc64le_CXXFLAGS  := -include $(IBM_JDK_LIB)/jni_md.h -include $(IBM_JDK_LIB)/jniport.h -I$(JAVA_HOME)/include -I$(JAVA_HOME)/include/linux -O2 -fPIC -m64
 endif
-Linux-ppc64le_LINKFLAGS := -shared -static-libgcc -static-libstdc++
+# ppcle64 GLIBC is at 2.17; so disable __tls_get_addr_opt which is dependent on 2.22;
+Linux-ppc64le_LINKFLAGS := -shared -static-libgcc -static-libstdc++ -Wl,--no-tls-optimize,--no-tls-get-addr-optimize
 Linux-ppc64le_LIBNAME   := libsnappyjava.so
 Linux-ppc64le_SNAPPY_FLAGS  :=
 
diff --git a/src/main/resources/org/xerial/snappy/native/Linux/ppc64le/libsnappyjava.so b/src/main/resources/org/xerial/snappy/native/Linux/ppc64le/libsnappyjava.so
index e8c4fb1..585998b 100755
Binary files a/src/main/resources/org/xerial/snappy/native/Linux/ppc64le/libsnappyjava.so and b/src/main/resources/org/xerial/snappy/native/Linux/ppc64le/libsnappyjava.so differ