diff --git a/etc/config/settings.csh b/etc/config/settings.csh
index 6174c5f4d7..882fa326d7 100644
--- a/etc/config/settings.csh
+++ b/etc/config/settings.csh
@@ -96,6 +96,16 @@ case Linux:
         setenv WM_LDFLAGS '-m64'
         breaksw
 
+    case ppc64le:
+        setenv WM_ARCH linuxPPC64le
+        setenv WM_COMPILER_LIB_ARCH 64
+        setenv WM_CC 'gcc'
+        setenv WM_CXX 'g++'
+        setenv WM_CFLAGS '-m64 -fPIC'
+        setenv WM_CXXFLAGS '-m64 -fPIC'
+        setenv WM_LDFLAGS '-m64'
+        breaksw
+
     default:
         echo Unknown processor type `uname -m` for Linux
         breaksw
diff --git a/etc/config/settings.sh b/etc/config/settings.sh
index 6c5c589e4e..95c41e1bc8 100644
--- a/etc/config/settings.sh
+++ b/etc/config/settings.sh
@@ -125,6 +125,16 @@ Linux)
         export WM_LDFLAGS='-m64'
         ;;
 
+    ppc64le)
+        WM_ARCH=linuxPPC64le
+        export WM_COMPILER_LIB_ARCH=64
+        export WM_CC='gcc'
+        export WM_CXX='g++'
+        export WM_CFLAGS='-m64 -fPIC'
+        export WM_CXXFLAGS='-m64 -fPIC'
+        export WM_LDFLAGS='-m64'
+        ;;
+
     *)
         echo Unknown processor type `uname -m` for Linux 1>&2
         ;;
diff --git a/wmake/rules/linuxPPC64leGcc/X b/wmake/rules/linuxPPC64leGcc/X
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5d1f9c5cc5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/wmake/rules/linuxPPC64leGcc/X
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+XFLAGS     =
+XINC       = $(XFLAGS) -I/usr/X11R6/include
+XLIBS      = -L/usr/X11R6/lib64 -lXext -lX11
diff --git a/wmake/rules/linuxPPC64leGcc/c b/wmake/rules/linuxPPC64leGcc/c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d9aa80f726
--- /dev/null
+++ b/wmake/rules/linuxPPC64leGcc/c
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+SUFFIXES += .c
+
+cWARN        = -Wall
+
+cc          = gcc -m64 -mcpu=power8
+
+include $(RULES)/c$(WM_COMPILE_OPTION)
+
+cFLAGS      = $(GFLAGS) $(cWARN) $(cOPT) $(cDBUG) $(LIB_HEADER_DIRS) -fPIC
+
+ctoo        = $(WM_SCHEDULER) $(cc) $(cFLAGS) -c $< -o $@
+
+LINK_LIBS   = $(cDBUG)
+
+LINKLIBSO   = $(cc) -shared
+LINKEXE     = $(cc) -Xlinker --add-needed -Xlinker -z -Xlinker nodefs
diff --git a/wmake/rules/linuxPPC64leGcc/c++ b/wmake/rules/linuxPPC64leGcc/c++
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..65a63430c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/wmake/rules/linuxPPC64leGcc/c++
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+SUFFIXES += .C
+
+c++WARN     = -Wall -Wextra -Wno-unused-parameter -Wold-style-cast
+
+CC          = g++ -m64 -mcpu=power8
+
+include $(RULES)/c++$(WM_COMPILE_OPTION)
+
+ptFLAGS     = -DNoRepository -ftemplate-depth-100
+
+c++FLAGS    = $(GFLAGS) $(c++WARN) $(c++OPT) $(c++DBUG) $(ptFLAGS) $(LIB_HEADER_DIRS) -fPIC
+
+Ctoo        = $(WM_SCHEDULER) $(CC) $(c++FLAGS) -c $< -o $@
+cxxtoo      = $(Ctoo)
+cctoo       = $(Ctoo)
+cpptoo      = $(Ctoo)
+
+LINK_LIBS   = $(c++DBUG)
+
+LINKLIBSO   = $(CC) $(c++FLAGS) -shared
+LINKEXE     = $(CC) $(c++FLAGS) -Xlinker --add-needed
diff --git a/wmake/rules/linuxPPC64leGcc/c++Debug b/wmake/rules/linuxPPC64leGcc/c++Debug
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..19bdb9c334
--- /dev/null
+++ b/wmake/rules/linuxPPC64leGcc/c++Debug
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+c++DBUG    = -ggdb3 -DFULLDEBUG
+c++OPT      = -O0 -fdefault-inline
diff --git a/wmake/rules/linuxPPC64leGcc/c++Opt b/wmake/rules/linuxPPC64leGcc/c++Opt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..599e6aba61
--- /dev/null
+++ b/wmake/rules/linuxPPC64leGcc/c++Opt
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+c++DBUG     =
+c++OPT      = -O3
+
+ROUNDING_MATH = -frounding-math
diff --git a/wmake/rules/linuxPPC64leGcc/c++Prof b/wmake/rules/linuxPPC64leGcc/c++Prof
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3bda4dad55
--- /dev/null
+++ b/wmake/rules/linuxPPC64leGcc/c++Prof
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+c++DBUG    = -pg
+c++OPT     = -O2
diff --git a/wmake/rules/linuxPPC64leGcc/cDebug b/wmake/rules/linuxPPC64leGcc/cDebug
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..72b638f458
--- /dev/null
+++ b/wmake/rules/linuxPPC64leGcc/cDebug
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+cDBUG       = -ggdb -DFULLDEBUG
+cOPT        = -O1 -fdefault-inline -finline-functions
diff --git a/wmake/rules/linuxPPC64leGcc/cOpt b/wmake/rules/linuxPPC64leGcc/cOpt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..17318709f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/wmake/rules/linuxPPC64leGcc/cOpt
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+cDBUG       =
+cOPT        = -O3
diff --git a/wmake/rules/linuxPPC64leGcc/cProf b/wmake/rules/linuxPPC64leGcc/cProf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ca3ac9bf5f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/wmake/rules/linuxPPC64leGcc/cProf
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+cDBUG       = -pg
+cOPT        = -O2
diff --git a/wmake/rules/linuxPPC64leGcc/general b/wmake/rules/linuxPPC64leGcc/general
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f800e09afc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/wmake/rules/linuxPPC64leGcc/general
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+CPP        = cpp -traditional-cpp $(GFLAGS)
+LD         = ld -m elf64lppc
+
+PROJECT_LIBS = -l$(WM_PROJECT) -ldl
+
+include $(GENERAL_RULES)/standard
+
+include $(RULES)/X
+include $(RULES)/c
+include $(RULES)/c++
diff --git a/wmake/rules/linuxPPC64leGcc/mplibHPMPI b/wmake/rules/linuxPPC64leGcc/mplibHPMPI
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..574492a236
--- /dev/null
+++ b/wmake/rules/linuxPPC64leGcc/mplibHPMPI
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+PFLAGS     =
+PINC       = -I$(MPI_ARCH_PATH)/include -D_MPICC_H
+PLIBS      = -L$(MPI_ARCH_PATH)/lib/linux_amd64 -lmpi