diff --git a/ldc.spec b/ldc.spec
index b280c80..73af452 100644
--- a/ldc.spec
+++ b/ldc.spec
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 #global llvm_version 14
 %global soversion 100
 
+%ifarch ppc64le
+%define debug_package %{nil}
+%endif
+
 # bootstrapping is used for updating LDC to a newer version: it relies on an
 # older, working LDC compiler in the buildroot, which is then used to build a
 # new intermediate LDC version, and finally this in turn is used to build the
@@ -13,7 +17,7 @@
 Name:           ldc
 Epoch:          1
 Version:        1.30.0%{?pre:~%{pre}}
-Release:        1%{?dist}
+Release:        2%{?dist}~bootstrap~ppc64le
 Summary:        LLVM D Compiler
 
 # The DMD frontend in dmd/* GPL version 1 or artistic license
@@ -21,21 +25,27 @@ Summary:        LLVM D Compiler
 License:        BSD
 URL:            https://github.com/ldc-developers/ldc
 Source0:        https://github.com/ldc-developers/ldc/releases/download/v%{version}%{?pre:-%{pre}}/%{name}-%{version}%{?pre:-%{pre}}-src.tar.gz
+Source1:        ldc-1.8.0-1.fc29.ppc64le.tar.xz
+Source2:        llvm4.0-libs-4.0.1-6.fc29.ppc64le.tar.xz
 Source3:        macros.%{name}
+Source4:        libffi-3.1-18.fc29.ppc64le.tar.xz
 
 # Make sure /usr/include/d is in the include search path
 Patch0:         ldc-include-path.patch
 # Don't add rpath to standard libdir
 Patch1:         ldc-no-default-rpath.patch
 
-ExclusiveArch:  %{ldc_arches}
+ExclusiveArch:  %{ldc_arches} ppc64le
 
 BuildRequires:  bash-completion
 BuildRequires:  cmake
 BuildRequires:  gc
 BuildRequires:  gcc
 BuildRequires:  gcc-c++
+%ifarch ppc64le
+%else
 BuildRequires:  ldc
+%endif
 BuildRequires:  libconfig-devel
 BuildRequires:  libcurl-devel
 BuildRequires:  libedit-devel
@@ -91,6 +101,11 @@ Enable autocompletion for phobos library in geany (IDE)
 mkdir geany_config
 
 %build
+%ifarch ppc64le
+tar xvf %{SOURCE1}
+tar xvf %{SOURCE2}
+tar xvf %{SOURCE4}
+%else
 # This package appears to be failing because links to the LLVM plugins
 # are not installed which results in the tools not being able to
 # interpret the .o/.a files.  Disable LTO for now
@@ -118,12 +133,23 @@ popd
        %{nil}
 
 %cmake_build
+%endif
 
 # generate geany tags
 geany -c geany_config -g phobos.d.tags $(find runtime/phobos/std -name "*.d")
 
 %install
+%ifarch ppc64le
+cp -a ldc-1.8.0-1.fc29.ppc64le/* %{buildroot}
+cp -a llvm4.0-libs-4.0.1-6.fc29.ppc64le/* %{buildroot}
+cp -a libffi-3.1-18.fc29.ppc64le/* %{buildroot}
+mv %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/licenses/libffi/ \
+   %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/licenses/libffi-3.1/
+mv %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/doc/libffi/ \
+   %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/doc/libffi-3.1/
+%else
 %cmake_install
+%endif
 
 # macros for D package
 mkdir -p %{buildroot}/%{_rpmconfigdir}/macros.d/
@@ -143,11 +169,15 @@ install -m0644 phobos.d.tags %{buildroot}/%{_datadir}/geany/tags/
 %{_bindir}/ldc-profdata
 %{_bindir}/ldc-prune-cache
 %{_rpmconfigdir}/macros.d/macros.ldc
+%ifarch ppc64le
+%{_includedir}/d/
+%else
 %dir %{_prefix}/lib/ldc
 %dir %{_prefix}/lib/ldc/%{_target_platform}
 %dir %{_prefix}/lib/ldc/%{_target_platform}/include
 %{_prefix}/lib/ldc/%{_target_platform}/include/d/
 %{_libdir}/ldc_rt.dso.o
+%endif
 %{_libdir}/libdruntime-ldc-debug-shared.so
 %{_libdir}/libdruntime-ldc-shared.so
 %{_libdir}/libphobos2-ldc-debug-shared.so
@@ -159,15 +189,35 @@ install -m0644 phobos.d.tags %{buildroot}/%{_datadir}/geany/tags/
 %files libs
 %license runtime/druntime/LICENSE.txt
 %license runtime/phobos/LICENSE_1_0.txt
+%ifarch ppc64le
+%doc %{_datadir}/doc/ldc-druntime/README
+%doc %{_datadir}/doc/ldc-druntime/README.md
+%doc %{_datadir}/doc/libffi-3.1/README
+%license %{_datadir}/licenses/ldc-druntime/LICENSE
+%license %{_datadir}/licenses/ldc-phobos/LICENSE_1_0.txt
+%license %{_datadir}/licenses/libffi-3.1/LICENSE
+%license %{_datadir}/licenses/llvm4.0-libs/LICENSE.TXT
+%{_sysconfdir}/ld.so.conf.d/llvm4.0-ppc64le.conf
+%{_libdir}/llvm4.0/
+%{_libdir}/libffi.so.6*
+%{_libdir}/libdruntime-ldc-debug-shared.so.*
+%{_libdir}/libdruntime-ldc-shared.so.*
+%{_libdir}/libphobos2-ldc-debug-shared.so.*
+%{_libdir}/libphobos2-ldc-shared.so.*
+%else
 %{_libdir}/libdruntime-ldc-debug-shared.so.%{soversion}*
 %{_libdir}/libdruntime-ldc-shared.so.%{soversion}*
 %{_libdir}/libphobos2-ldc-debug-shared.so.%{soversion}*
 %{_libdir}/libphobos2-ldc-shared.so.%{soversion}*
+%endif
 
 %files phobos-geany-tags
 %{_datadir}/geany/tags/phobos.d.tags
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Sep 12 2022 Kalev Lember <klember@redhat.com> - 1:1.30.0-2
+- Bootstrap on ppc64le
+
 * Tue Jul 26 2022 Kalev Lember <klember@redhat.com> - 1:1.30.0-1
 - Update to 1.30.0
 - Build with llvm 14
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 3573406..07fe12c 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1,4 @@
 SHA512 (ldc-1.30.0-src.tar.gz) = 6da36e70cdb7e298b103642d40465fad7a08f05e5424ca9205783c9db867a2e75058d4d3b0124fe305ac69d853cd3dae41e179f80c5359d771f206b76a8b7e80
+SHA512 (ldc-1.8.0-1.fc29.ppc64le.tar.xz) = b64cd376cd1fe1bf51858a64f9d1f026bad07e029b4443966d207fd57c6520a9f66063c3bed037dd1e0ac9c6e6b59398bd50f18baf1a303d58d6722a4e179e00
+SHA512 (llvm4.0-libs-4.0.1-6.fc29.ppc64le.tar.xz) = 7ef0e49b5472afa047a29c552dbacca0fcd8e50758cc000ac7f83595ab30bc1da63d7366ce5118e448a3de15943b70b657c08e74d0b05ce853903c1d9d529e6a
+SHA512 (libffi-3.1-18.fc29.ppc64le.tar.xz) = b6587b117b905a0eac1f1e4d82b86b4618c4c0b923c32b403950ce69931b61aec23b9402455d885f772789e4c89143989429cb0e3dd1f69738ffd2115c369acc