diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 377e82d095..6f799869e7 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -677,7 +677,7 @@ def host_arch_cc():
     '__MIPSEL__'  : 'mipsel',
     '__mips__'    : 'mips',
     '__PPC64__'   : 'ppc64',
-    '__PPC__'     : 'ppc',
+    '__PPC__'     : 'ppc64',
     '__x86_64__'  : 'x64',
     '__s390__'    : 's390',
     '__s390x__'   : 's390x',