diff --git a/libaccounts-qt-64bitarchs.patch b/libaccounts-qt-64bitarchs.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d18d6d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libaccounts-qt-64bitarchs.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+diff -up accounts-qt-1.6/common-project-config.pri.64bitarchs accounts-qt-1.6/common-project-config.pri
+--- accounts-qt-1.6/common-project-config.pri.64bitarchs	2013-01-23 07:01:07.000000000 +0100
++++ accounts-qt-1.6/common-project-config.pri	2013-03-06 13:45:14.414158442 +0100
+@@ -43,11 +43,9 @@ isEmpty( PREFIX ) {
+ }
+ 
+ ARCH = $$system(uname -m)
+-contains( ARCH, x86_64 ) {
+-    INSTALL_LIBDIR = $${INSTALL_PREFIX}/lib64
+-} else {
+-    INSTALL_LIBDIR = $${INSTALL_PREFIX}/lib
+-}
++64BITARCHS= x86_64 ppc64 s390x
++INSTALL_LIBDIR = $${INSTALL_PREFIX}/lib
++for(a, 64BITARCHS):contains(ARCH, $${a}):INSTALL_LIBDIR = $${INSTALL_PREFIX}/lib64
+ 
+ # default library directory can be overriden by defining LIBDIR when
+ # running qmake
diff --git a/libaccounts-qt.spec b/libaccounts-qt.spec
index 9d3319d..1d96848 100644
--- a/libaccounts-qt.spec
+++ b/libaccounts-qt.spec
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
 Name:		libaccounts-qt
 Version:	1.6
-Release:	1%{?dist}
+Release:	2%{?dist}
 Summary:	Accounts framework Qt bindings
 Group:		System Environment/Libraries
 License:	LGPLv2
 URL:		http://code.google.com/p/accounts-sso/
 Source0:	http://accounts-sso.googlecode.com/files/accounts-qt-%{version}.tar.bz2
 Patch0:		accounts-qt-1.6-do-not-initialize-qstring-to-null.patch
+Patch1:		libaccounts-qt-64bitarchs.patch
 BuildRequires:	qt-devel libaccounts-glib-devel
 BuildRequires:	doxygen graphviz
 
@@ -25,6 +26,7 @@ Headers, development libraries and documentation for accounts-qt.
 %prep
 %setup -q -n accounts-qt-%{version}
 %patch0 -p1 -b .do-not-initialize-qstring-to-null
+%patch1 -p1 -b .64bitarchs
 
 %build
 export PATH=%{_qt4_bindir}:$PATH
@@ -61,6 +63,9 @@ mv %{buildroot}%{_docdir}/accounts-qt %{buildroot}%{_docdir}/libaccounts-qt
 %{_docdir}/libaccounts-qt
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Mar 06 2013 Karsten Hopp <karsten@redhat.com> 1.6-2
+- add s390x and ppc64 to 64bit archs using lib64 
+
 * Mon Mar 04 2013 Jaroslav Reznik <jreznik@redhat.com> - 1.6-1
 - Update to 1.6
 - Fix rebuild issues with GCC 4.8