diff --git a/configure b/configure
index c3bd4c15e6..455dbef364 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1654,6 +1654,8 @@ if test "$target_cpu" = "arm" \
      -o "$target_cpu" = "mipsn32el" \
      -o "$target_cpu" = "mips64" \
      -o "$target_cpu" = "mips64el" \
+     -o "$target_cpu" = "ppc" \
+     -o "$target_cpu" = "ppc64" \
      -o "$target_cpu" = "sparc" \
      -o "$target_cpu" = "sparc64" \
      -o "$target_cpu" = "sparc32plus"; then