diff -r bbda609c9d24 make/defs.make
--- openjdk/hotspot/make/defs.make	Tue Jan 27 00:46:17 2015 +0000
+++ openjdk/hotspot/make/defs.make	Fri Feb 13 09:49:46 2015 +0000
@@ -304,6 +304,13 @@
   LIBARCH/arm     = arm
   LIBARCH/zero    = $(ZERO_LIBARCH)
 
+  # Override LIBARCH for ppc64le
+  ifeq ($(ARCH), ppc64)
+    ifeq ($(OPENJDK_TARGET_CPU_ENDIAN), little)
+      LIBARCH = ppc64le
+    endif
+  endif
+
   LP64_ARCH = sparcv9 amd64 ia64 ppc64 zero
 endif
 
diff -r bbda609c9d24 src/os/linux/vm/os_linux.cpp
--- openjdk/hotspot/src/os/linux/vm/os_linux.cpp	Tue Jan 27 00:46:17 2015 +0000
+++ openjdk/hotspot/src/os/linux/vm/os_linux.cpp	Fri Feb 13 09:49:46 2015 +0000
@@ -301,7 +301,11 @@
 #elif defined(PPC32)
 static char cpu_arch[] = "ppc";
 #elif defined(PPC64)
+#if defined(VM_LITTLE_ENDIAN)
+static char cpu_arch[] = "ppc64le";
+#else
 static char cpu_arch[] = "ppc64";
+#endif
 #elif defined(SPARC)
 #  ifdef _LP64
 static char cpu_arch[] = "sparcv9";