diff --git a/dev-python/setuptools/setuptools-36.5.0.ebuild b/dev-python/setuptools/setuptools-36.5.0.ebuild
index ce6f647a7875b..c9dd9ab769b02 100644
--- a/dev-python/setuptools/setuptools-36.5.0.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/setuptools/setuptools-36.5.0.ebuild
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ if [[ ${PV} == "9999" ]]; then
 	inherit git-r3
 else
 	SRC_URI="mirror://pypi/${PN:0:1}/${PN}/${P}.zip"
-	KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~x86"
+	KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~ppc64 ~x86"
 fi
 
 DESCRIPTION="Collection of extensions to Distutils"