diff --git a/0001-fix-powerpc-build.patch b/0001-fix-powerpc-build.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e7865e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/0001-fix-powerpc-build.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+From 571f51c424ea50c31b85003fa68f420f0573065f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Noel Grandin <noel@peralex.com>
+Date: Mon, 7 Dec 2015 11:10:03 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] fix powerpc build
+
+fallout from the wide char changes
+
+<sberg> noelgrandin, _rene_, ah, yeah, that's something that broke with 0b07406f7147b9abbb2095d9e038b13293cb8b10
+<IZBot> core - Use C++11 char16_t for sal_Unicode - http://cgit.freedesktop.org/libreoffice/core/commit/?id=0b07406f7147b9abbb2095d9e038b13293cb8b10
+
+Change-Id: If4303bd1d8577612250b1857b809b022d13759e4
+(cherry picked from commit b2d145193e34b57ca991063fc7c3cf8200339dea)
+---
+ include/oox/helper/helper.hxx | 3 +++
+ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
+
+diff --git a/include/oox/helper/helper.hxx b/include/oox/helper/helper.hxx
+index 516c7a2..5029d5f 100644
+--- a/include/oox/helper/helper.hxx
++++ b/include/oox/helper/helper.hxx
+@@ -218,6 +218,9 @@ public:
+ #ifdef OSL_BIGENDIAN
+     static void  convertLittleEndian( sal_Int8& ) {}     // present for usage in templates
+     static void  convertLittleEndian( sal_uInt8& ) {}    // present for usage in templates
++#if !defined SAL_W32 || defined __MINGW32__ // cf. sal/types.h sal_Unicode
++    static void  convertLittleEndian( char16_t& rnValue )   { swap2( reinterpret_cast< sal_uInt8* >( &rnValue ) ); }
++#endif
+     static void  convertLittleEndian( sal_Int16& rnValue )  { swap2( reinterpret_cast< sal_uInt8* >( &rnValue ) ); }
+     static void  convertLittleEndian( sal_uInt16& rnValue ) { swap2( reinterpret_cast< sal_uInt8* >( &rnValue ) ); }
+     static void  convertLittleEndian( sal_Int32& rnValue )  { swap4( reinterpret_cast< sal_uInt8* >( &rnValue ) ); }
+-- 
+2.5.0
+
diff --git a/libreoffice.spec b/libreoffice.spec
index 6e23422..0e0d01b 100644
--- a/libreoffice.spec
+++ b/libreoffice.spec
@@ -322,6 +322,7 @@ Patch16: 0001-disable-PSD-import-test-which-deadlocks-on-ARM.patch
 # backport from master
 Patch17: 0001-Resolves-rhbz-1285380-get-menus-working-under-waylan.patch
 Patch18: 0001-gtk3-wayland-wrong-dialog-sizes.patch
+Patch19: 0001-fix-powerpc-build.patch
 
 %define instdir %{_libdir}
 %define baseinstdir %{instdir}/libreoffice