diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index e9543baa..377f1920 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -95,6 +95,10 @@ class BuildExt(build_ext):
         c_opts["unix"] += ["-stdlib=libc++", "-mmacosx-version-min=10.7"]
         link_opts["unix"] += ["-stdlib=libc++", "-mmacosx-version-min=10.7"]
     else:
+        import subprocess
+        if subprocess.check_output(['uname', '-p']).decode('utf-8').strip() == 'ppc64le':
+            c_opts['unix'].remove('-march=native')
+            c_opts['unix'].append('-mcpu=native')
         c_opts["unix"].append("-fopenmp")
         link_opts["unix"].extend(["-fopenmp", "-pthread"])