diff --git a/srcpkgs/elogind/patches/ppcle.patch b/srcpkgs/elogind/patches/ppcle.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4ae5faf44f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/elogind/patches/ppcle.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+From 836f3efb84a703b3594906572a54616d25cecf5e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: q66 <daniel@octaforge.org>
+Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2021 21:59:12 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH] add ppcle arch tuple
+
+---
+ src/basic/architecture.h | 2 +-
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git src/basic/architecture.h src/basic/architecture.h
+index 620b522..afdff7a 100644
+--- src/basic/architecture.h
++++ src/basic/architecture.h
+@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ int uname_architecture(void);
+ #    endif
+ #  else
+ #    define native_architecture() ARCHITECTURE_PPC_LE
+-#    error "Missing LIB_ARCH_TUPLE for PPCLE"
++#    define LIB_ARCH_TUPLE "powerpcle-linux-gnu"
+ #  endif
+ #elif defined(__ia64__)
+ #  define native_architecture() ARCHITECTURE_IA64
+-- 
+2.30.0
+