diff --git a/profiles/prefix/linux-standalone/ppc64/eapi b/profiles/prefix/linux-standalone/ppc64/eapi
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..7ed6ff82de6bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/profiles/prefix/linux-standalone/ppc64/eapi
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+5
diff --git a/profiles/prefix/linux-standalone/ppc64/make.defaults b/profiles/prefix/linux-standalone/ppc64/make.defaults
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..04e73caaa1d7f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/profiles/prefix/linux-standalone/ppc64/make.defaults
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# Copyright 1999-2017 Gentoo Foundation
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+# $Id$
+
+ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="~${ARCH}"
diff --git a/profiles/prefix/linux-standalone/ppc64/parent b/profiles/prefix/linux-standalone/ppc64/parent
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..51fedc0bc3e6d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/profiles/prefix/linux-standalone/ppc64/parent
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+../../../default/linux/powerpc/ppc64/13.0/64bit-userland
+..
diff --git a/profiles/profiles.desc b/profiles/profiles.desc
index 288c9c3fc8a1b..7a67bde8c082d 100644
--- a/profiles/profiles.desc
+++ b/profiles/profiles.desc
@@ -264,6 +264,7 @@ x86-linux		prefix/linux-standalone/x86			exp
 x86-linux		prefix/linux-standalone/x86/legacy		exp
 arm-linux		prefix/linux-standalone/arm/armv7a		exp
 arm64-linux		prefix/linux-standalone/arm64			exp
+ppc64-linux		prefix/linux-standalone/ppc64			exp
 
 # Mac OS X Profiles
 ppc-macos		prefix/darwin/macos/10.4/ppc			exp