diff --git a/buildscripts/manylinux_2_17/build_llvmdev.sh b/buildscripts/manylinux_2_17/build_llvmdev.sh
index e32469e9f..a76f72bd6 100644
--- a/buildscripts/manylinux_2_17/build_llvmdev.sh
+++ b/buildscripts/manylinux_2_17/build_llvmdev.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 cd $(dirname $0)
 source ./prepare_miniconda.sh $1
 source /root/miniconda3/bin/activate buildenv
-if [[ $ARCH == "aarch64" ]] ; then
+if [[ $ARCH == "aarch64" || $ARCH == "ppc64le" ]] ; then
     export BUILD_CHANNELS="-c conda-forge"
 fi
 echo "BUILD_CHANNELS:  $BUILD_CHANNELS"
diff --git a/buildscripts/manylinux_2_17/build_llvmlite.sh b/buildscripts/manylinux_2_17/build_llvmlite.sh
index 1a8baa0bc..21e865c5d 100644
--- a/buildscripts/manylinux_2_17/build_llvmlite.sh
+++ b/buildscripts/manylinux_2_17/build_llvmlite.sh
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ conda create -y -n $envname
 source activate $envname
 # Install llvmdev
 
-if [[ $ARCH == "aarch64" ]] ; then
+if [[ $ARCH == "aarch64" || $ARCH == "ppc64le" ]] ; then
     conda install -y numba/label/manylinux2014::llvmdev --no-deps
 else
     conda install -y -c numba/label/manylinux2014 llvmdev
diff --git a/buildscripts/manylinux_2_17/docker_run_ppc64le.sh b/buildscripts/manylinux_2_17/docker_run_ppc64le.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..af9c74904
--- /dev/null
+++ b/buildscripts/manylinux_2_17/docker_run_ppc64le.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+export ARCH="ppc64le"
+export MINICONDA_FILE="https://github.com/conda-forge/miniforge/releases/latest/download/Miniforge3-Linux-ppc64le.sh"
+cd $(dirname $0)
+./docker_run.sh $1 $2