diff --git a/dev-python/urllib3/urllib3-1.12.ebuild b/dev-python/urllib3/urllib3-1.12.ebuild
index 218adcafdfb4d..68ba60a1c09ec 100644
--- a/dev-python/urllib3/urllib3-1.12.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/urllib3/urllib3-1.12.ebuild
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ SRC_URI="mirror://pypi/${PN:0:1}/${PN}/${P}.tar.gz"
 
 LICENSE="MIT"
 SLOT="0"
-KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~x86"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~ppc64 ~x86"
 IUSE="doc test"
 
 RDEPEND="