diff --git a/dev-libs/pocl/pocl-1.8-r2.ebuild b/dev-libs/pocl/pocl-1.8-r2.ebuild
index 2c7536c0a..8fa8b7151 100644
--- a/dev-libs/pocl/pocl-1.8-r2.ebuild
+++ b/dev-libs/pocl/pocl-1.8-r2.ebuild
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ SRC_URI="https://github.com/pocl/pocl/archive/v${PV}.tar.gz -> ${P}.tar.gz"
 
 LICENSE="GPL-2"
 SLOT="0"
-KEYWORDS="~amd64"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~ppc64"
 # TODO: hsa tce
 IUSE="accel cl20 +conformance cuda debug examples float-conversion hardening +hwloc memmanager test"
 # Tests not yet passing, fragile in Portage environment(?)
@@ -73,7 +73,6 @@ src_configure() {
 		-DENABLE_HSA=OFF
 		-DENABLE_ICD=ON
 		-DENABLE_POCL_BUILDING=ON
-		-DKERNELLIB_HOST_CPU_VARIANTS=distro
 		-DPOCL_ICD_ABSOLUTE_PATH=ON
 		-DSTATIC_LLVM=OFF
 		-DWITH_LLVM_CONFIG=$(get_llvm_prefix -d "${LLVM_MAX_SLOT}")/bin/llvm-config
@@ -89,6 +88,9 @@ src_configure() {
 		-DUSE_POCL_MEMMANAGER=$(usex memmanager)
 		-DENABLE_TESTS=$(usex test)
 	)
+	[ "$ARCH" == "amd64" ] && mycmakeargs+=(
+		-DKERNELLIB_HOST_CPU_VARIANTS=distro
+	)
 
 	cmake_src_configure
 }