diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/release-cross.nix b/pkgs/top-level/release-cross.nix
index ba4f998296e23..ea41ea7061ac4 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/release-cross.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/release-cross.nix
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 */
 
 { # The platforms *from* which we cross compile.
-  supportedSystems ? [ "x86_64-linux" "x86_64-darwin" "aarch64-linux" ]
+  supportedSystems ? [ "x86_64-linux" "x86_64-darwin" "aarch64-linux" "powerpc64le-linux" ]
 , # Strip most of attributes when evaluating to spare memory usage
   scrubJobs ? true
 , # Attributes passed to nixpkgs. Don't build packages marked as unfree.
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/release-lib.nix b/pkgs/top-level/release-lib.nix
index 45874d33b0f22..88ae23ae619a9 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/release-lib.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/release-lib.nix
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ rec {
     pkgs_i686_freebsd = packageSet' { system = "i686-freebsd"; };
     pkgs_i686_cygwin = packageSet' { system = "i686-cygwin"; };
     pkgs_x86_64_cygwin = packageSet' { system = "x86_64-cygwin"; };
+    pkgs_powerpc64le_linux = packageSet' { system = "powerpc64le-linux"; };
 
     in system:
       if system == "x86_64-linux" then pkgs_x86_64_linux
@@ -48,6 +49,7 @@ rec {
       else if system == "i686-freebsd" then pkgs_i686_freebsd
       else if system == "i686-cygwin" then pkgs_i686_cygwin
       else if system == "x86_64-cygwin" then pkgs_x86_64_cygwin
+      else if system == "powerpc64le-linux" then pkgs_powerpc64le_linux
       else abort "unsupported system type: ${system}";
 
   pkgsFor = pkgsForCross null;