diff --git a/tools/niminst/buildsh.tmpl b/tools/niminst/buildsh.tmpl
index ec20566ac9b75..3e7d8ae6ec1cf 100644
--- a/tools/niminst/buildsh.tmpl
+++ b/tools/niminst/buildsh.tmpl
@@ -144,6 +144,8 @@ case $ucpu in
       mycpu="sparc64"
     fi
     ;;
+  *ppc64le* )
+    mycpu="powerpc64el" ;;
   *ppc64* )
     if [ "$myos" = "linux" ] ; then
       COMP_FLAGS="$COMP_FLAGS -m64"
diff --git a/tools/niminst/makefile.tmpl b/tools/niminst/makefile.tmpl
index 4a20680e005bb..bf4fd5cd0c89e 100644
--- a/tools/niminst/makefile.tmpl
+++ b/tools/niminst/makefile.tmpl
@@ -107,6 +107,9 @@ endif
 ifeq ($(ucpu),sun)
   mycpu = sparc
 endif
+ifeq ($(ucpu),ppc64le)
+  mycpu = powerpc64el
+endif
 ifeq ($(ucpu),ppc64)
   mycpu = powerpc64
   ifeq ($(myos),linux)