diff --git a/common/shlibs b/common/shlibs
index b46b4196880..2d14df4b470 100644
--- a/common/shlibs
+++ b/common/shlibs
@@ -1282,6 +1282,7 @@ libunwind-x86.so.8 libunwind-1.1_1
 libunwind-arm.so.8 libunwind-1.1_4
 libunwind-mips.so.8 libunwind-1.1_4
 libunwind-aarch64.so.8 libunwind-1.2rc1_1
+libunwind-ppc64.so.8 libunwind-1.2.1_1
 libmicrohttpd.so.12 libmicrohttpd-0.9.48_1
 libgit2.so.27 libgit2-0.27.3_1
 libgit2-glib-1.0.so.0 libgit2-glib-0.23.4_1
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libunwind/template b/srcpkgs/libunwind/template
index 9c8e0cae111..776d2ca98fd 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libunwind/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libunwind/template
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Template file for 'libunwind'.
+# Template file for 'libunwind'
 pkgname=libunwind
 version=1.2.1
 revision=1
@@ -7,13 +7,15 @@ hostmakedepends="libtool automake"
 makedepends="liblzma-devel"
 short_desc="Library to determine the call-chain of a program"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@voidlinux.org>"
-homepage="http://www.nongnu.org/libunwind/"
 license="MIT"
+homepage="http://www.nongnu.org/libunwind/"
 distfiles="http://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/$pkgname/$pkgname-${version/rc/-rc}.tar.gz"
 checksum=3f3ecb90e28cbe53fba7a4a27ccce7aad188d3210bb1964a923a731a27a75acb
 
 pre_configure() {
 	sed -i /SUBDIRS/s/tests// Makefile.am
+	# libunwind explicitly sets lib64 for ppc64 by default
+	sed -i /libdir/s/lib64/lib/ configure.ac
 	autoreconf -fi
 }
 post_install() {