diff --git a/include/ring-core/base.h b/include/ring-core/base.h
index f1a027d1a4..dd9a6727c2 100644
--- a/include/ring-core/base.h
+++ b/include/ring-core/base.h
@@ -91,6 +91,9 @@
 #define OPENSSL_MIPS64
 #elif defined(__wasm__)
 #define OPENSSL_32_BIT
+#elif (defined(__PPC64__) || defined(__powerpc64__)) && defined(_LITTLE_ENDIAN)
+#define OPENSSL_64_BIT
+#define OPENSSL_PPC64LE
 #else
 // Note BoringSSL only supports standard 32-bit and 64-bit two's-complement,
 // little-endian architectures. Functions will not produce the correct answer