diff --git a/dev-db/mysql-connector-c/mysql-connector-c-6.1.6-r1.ebuild b/dev-db/mysql-connector-c/mysql-connector-c-6.1.6-r1.ebuild
index 4ab5ff43397c3..6d7cc08f3636f 100644
--- a/dev-db/mysql-connector-c/mysql-connector-c-6.1.6-r1.ebuild
+++ b/dev-db/mysql-connector-c/mysql-connector-c-6.1.6-r1.ebuild
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ LICENSE="GPL-2"
 
 SRC_URI="mirror://mysql/Downloads/Connector-C/${P}-src.tar.gz"
 S="${WORKDIR}/${P}-src"
-KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~ia64 ~x86"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~ia64 ppc64 ~x86"
 
 SLOT="0/18"
 IUSE="+ssl static-libs"