diff --git a/dev-java/xml-commons/xml-commons-1.4.01.ebuild b/dev-java/xml-commons/xml-commons-1.4.01.ebuild
index ae85218476604..6c6642943aba4 100644
--- a/dev-java/xml-commons/xml-commons-1.4.01.ebuild
+++ b/dev-java/xml-commons/xml-commons-1.4.01.ebuild
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ SRC_URI="mirror://apache/xerces/${PN}/source/${MY_P}-src.tar.gz -> ${P}.tar.gz"
 
 LICENSE="Apache-1.1 public-domain W3C-document W3C"
 SLOT="0"
-KEYWORDS="amd64 x86"
+KEYWORDS="amd64 ppc64 x86"
 IUSE=""
 
 RDEPEND="