diff -urNp crash-gcore-command-1.3.0-rc/gcore.mk c/gcore.mk
--- crash-gcore-command-1.3.0-rc/gcore.mk	2014-10-14 09:55:38.000000000 +0000
+++ c/gcore.mk	2014-10-17 09:26:39.650043751 +0000
@@ -42,6 +42,18 @@ ifeq ($(shell arch), aarch64)
   ARCH=SUPPORTED
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(shell arch), ppc64)
+  TARGET=PPC64
+  TARGET_CFLAGS=
+  ARCH=SUPPORTED
+endif
+
+ifeq ($(shell arch), ppc64le)
+  TARGET=PPC64
+  TARGET_CFLAGS=
+  ARCH=SUPPORTED
+endif
+
 ifeq ($(shell /bin/ls /usr/include/crash/defs.h 2>/dev/null), /usr/include/crash/defs.h)
   INCDIR=/usr/include/crash
 endif
@@ -73,6 +85,10 @@ ifneq (,$(findstring $(TARGET), ARM64))
 GCORE_CFILES += libgcore/gcore_arm64.c
 endif
 
+ifneq (,$(findstring $(TARGET), PPC64))
+GCORE_CFILES += libgcore/gcore_ppc64.c
+endif
+
 GCORE_OFILES = $(patsubst %.c,%.o,$(GCORE_CFILES))
 
 COMMON_CFLAGS=-Wall -I$(INCDIR) -I./libgcore -fPIC -D$(TARGET) \
diff -urNp crash-gcore-command-1.3.0-rc/libgcore/gcore_coredump.c c/libgcore/gcore_coredump.c
--- crash-gcore-command-1.3.0-rc/libgcore/gcore_coredump.c	2014-10-14 09:55:38.000000000 +0000
+++ c/libgcore/gcore_coredump.c	2014-10-17 09:26:39.650043751 +0000
@@ -683,7 +683,7 @@ fill_prstatus_note(struct elf_note_info
 		   struct memelfnote *memnote)
 {
 	struct elf_prstatus *prstatus;
-#if defined(X86) || defined(X86_64) || defined(ARM)
+#if defined(X86) || defined(X86_64) || defined(ARM) || defined(PPC64)
 	struct user_regs_struct *regs = (struct user_regs_struct *)memnote->data;
 #endif
 #ifdef ARM64
diff -urNp crash-gcore-command-1.3.0-rc/libgcore/gcore_defs.h c/libgcore/gcore_defs.h
--- crash-gcore-command-1.3.0-rc/libgcore/gcore_defs.h	2014-10-14 09:55:38.000000000 +0000
+++ c/libgcore/gcore_defs.h	2014-10-17 09:28:04.610045138 +0000
@@ -114,6 +114,34 @@
 #endif
 #endif
 
+#ifdef PPC64
+#define ELF_EXEC_PAGESIZE PAGESIZE()
+
+#define ELF_MACHINE EM_PPC64
+#define ELF_OSABI ELFOSABI_NONE
+
+#define ELF_CLASS ELFCLASS64
+
+#ifndef ELF_DATA
+#if __BYTE_ORDER == __LITTLE_ENDIAN
+#define ELF_DATA ELFDATA2LSB
+#else
+#define ELF_DATA ELFDATA2MSB
+#endif
+#endif
+
+#define ELF_ARCH EM_PPC64
+
+#define Elf_Half Elf64_Half
+#define Elf_Word Elf64_Word
+#define Elf_Off Elf64_Off
+
+#define Elf_Ehdr Elf64_Ehdr
+#define Elf_Phdr Elf64_Phdr
+#define Elf_Shdr Elf64_Shdr
+#define Elf_Nhdr Elf64_Nhdr
+#endif
+
 #define PAGE_ALIGN(X) roundup(X, ELF_EXEC_PAGESIZE)
 
 /*
@@ -258,6 +286,11 @@ extern void gcore_default_regsets_init(v
 #define REGSET_VIEW_MACHINE EM_AARCH64
 #endif
 
+#ifdef PPC64
+#define REGSET_VIEW_NAME "ppc64"
+#define REGSET_VIEW_MACHINE EM_PPC64
+#endif
+
 extern int gcore_arch_get_fp_valid(struct task_context *tc);
 
 /*
@@ -534,6 +567,32 @@ typedef struct user_fpsimd_state elf_fpr
 
 #endif
 
+#ifdef PPC64
+/* taken from asm/ptrace.h */
+struct user_regs_struct {
+	unsigned long gpr[32];
+	unsigned long nip;
+	unsigned long msr;
+	unsigned long orig_gpr3;	/* Used for restarting system calls */
+	unsigned long ctr;
+	unsigned long link;
+	unsigned long xer;
+	unsigned long ccr;
+#ifdef __powerpc64__
+	unsigned long softe;		/* Soft enabled/disabled */
+#else
+	unsigned long mq;		/* 601 only (not used at present) */
+			/* Used on APUS to hold IPL value. */
+#endif
+	unsigned long trap;		/* Reason for being here */
+	/* N.B. for critical exceptions on 4xx, the dar and dsisr
+	   fields are overloaded to hold srr0 and srr1. */
+	unsigned long dar;		/* Fault registers */
+	unsigned long dsisr;		/* on 4xx/Book-E used for ESR */
+	unsigned long result;		/* Result of a system call */
+};
+#endif
+
 #if defined(X86) || defined(X86_64) || defined(ARM)
 typedef ulong elf_greg_t;
 #define ELF_NGREG (sizeof(struct user_regs_struct) / sizeof(elf_greg_t))
@@ -543,7 +602,7 @@ typedef elf_greg_t elf_gregset_t[ELF_NGR
 #if defined(X86) || defined(ARM)
 #define PAGE_SIZE 4096
 #endif
-#ifdef ARM64
+#if defined(ARM64) || defined(PPC64)
 #define PAGE_SIZE PAGESIZE()
 #endif
 
@@ -702,7 +761,7 @@ typedef unsigned short __kernel_old_uid_
 typedef unsigned short __kernel_old_gid_t;
 #endif
 
-#if defined(X86_64) || defined(ARM64)
+#if defined(X86_64) || defined(ARM64) || defined(PPC64)
 typedef unsigned int __kernel_uid_t;
 typedef unsigned int __kernel_gid_t;
 #endif
diff -urNp crash-gcore-command-1.3.0-rc/libgcore/gcore_ppc64.c c/libgcore/gcore_ppc64.c
--- crash-gcore-command-1.3.0-rc/libgcore/gcore_ppc64.c	1970-01-01 00:00:00.000000000 +0000
+++ c/libgcore/gcore_ppc64.c	2014-10-17 09:26:39.650043751 +0000
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+/* gcore_ppc64.c
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2014 Red Hat, Inc. All rights reserved
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ */
+
+#ifdef PPC64
+
+#include "defs.h"
+#include <gcore_defs.h>
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <elf.h>
+
+static int gpr_get(struct task_context *target,
+                   const struct user_regset *regset,
+                   unsigned int size, void *buf)
+{
+	struct user_regs_struct *regs = (struct user_regs_struct *)buf;
+
+	BZERO(regs, sizeof(*regs));
+
+	readmem(machdep->get_stacktop(target->task) - SIZE(pt_regs), KVADDR,
+		regs, SIZE(pt_regs), "genregs_get: pt_regs",
+		gcore_verbose_error_handle());
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+enum gcore_regset {
+	REGSET_GPR,
+};
+
+static struct user_regset ppc64_regsets[] = {
+	[REGSET_GPR] = {
+		.core_note_type = NT_PRSTATUS,
+		.name = "CORE",
+		.size = ELF_NGREG * sizeof(unsigned int),
+		.get = gpr_get,
+	},
+};
+
+static const struct user_regset_view ppc64_regset_view = {
+	.name = "ppc64",
+	.regsets = ppc64_regsets,
+	.n = 1,
+	.e_machine = EM_PPC64,
+};
+
+const struct user_regset_view *
+task_user_regset_view(void)
+{
+	return &ppc64_regset_view;
+}
+
+int gcore_is_arch_32bit_emulation(struct task_context *tc)
+{
+	return FALSE;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Return an address to gate_vma.
+ */
+ulong gcore_arch_get_gate_vma(void)
+{
+	if (!symbol_exists("gate_vma"))
+		return 0UL;
+
+	return symbol_value("gate_vma");
+}
+
+char *gcore_arch_vma_name(ulong vma)
+{
+	return NULL;
+}
+
+int gcore_arch_vsyscall_has_vm_alwaysdump_flag(void)
+{
+	return FALSE;
+}
+
+#endif
