diff -up hdf5-1.8.12/bin/config.guess.ppc64le hdf5-1.8.12/bin/config.guess
--- hdf5-1.8.12/bin/config.guess.ppc64le	2014-03-24 13:44:18.943650766 -0600
+++ hdf5-1.8.12/bin/config.guess	2014-03-24 13:45:13.279420241 -0600
@@ -974,6 +974,9 @@ EOF
     ppc64:Linux:*:*)
 	echo powerpc64-unknown-linux-gnu
 	exit ;;
+    ppc64le:Linux:*:*)
+       echo powerpc64le-unknown-linux-gnu
+       exit ;;
     ppc:Linux:*:*)
 	echo powerpc-unknown-linux-gnu
 	exit ;;