diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index a6435c5dfe3..6ebe83fdcc7 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -50,6 +50,21 @@ matrix:
       env: TARGET=x86_64-unknown-netbsd
            DOCKER=alexcrichton/rust-slave-linux-cross:2016-04-05
            SKIP_TESTS=1
+    - os: linux
+      rust: nightly
+      env: TARGET=powerpc-unknown-linux-gnu
+           DOCKER=alexcrichton/rust-slave-linux-cross:2016-04-05
+           SKIP_TESTS=1
+    - os: linux
+      rust: nightly
+      env: TARGET=powerpc64-unknown-linux-gnu
+           DOCKER=alexcrichton/rust-slave-linux-cross:2016-04-05
+           SKIP_TESTS=1
+    - os: linux
+      rust: nightly
+      env: TARGET=powerpc64le-unknown-linux-gnu
+           DOCKER=alexcrichton/rust-slave-linux-cross:2016-04-05
+           SKIP_TESTS=1
 
     # On OSX we want to target 10.7 so we ensure that the appropriate
     # environment variable is set to tell the linker what we want.
diff --git a/ci/run-docker.sh b/ci/run-docker.sh
index 976a39f8a5e..6aace2ee38c 100644
--- a/ci/run-docker.sh
+++ b/ci/run-docker.sh
@@ -64,6 +64,21 @@ case $TARGET in
     OPENSSL_CC=x86_64-unknown-netbsd-gcc
     OPENSSL_AR=x86_64-unknown-netbsd-ar
     ;;
+  powerpc-*-linux-*)
+    OPENSSL_OS=linux-ppc
+    OPENSSL_CC=powerpc-linux-gnu-gcc
+    OPENSSL_AR=powerpc-linux-gnu-ar
+    ;;
+  powerpc64-*-linux-*)
+    OPENSSL_OS=linux-ppc64
+    OPENSSL_CC=powerpc64-linux-gnu-gcc
+    OPENSSL_AR=powerpc64-linux-gnu-ar
+    ;;
+  powerpc64le-*-linux-*)
+    OPENSSL_OS=linux-ppc64le
+    OPENSSL_CC=powerpc64le-linux-gnu-gcc
+    OPENSSL_AR=powerpc64le-linux-gnu-ar
+    ;;
   *)
     echo "can't cross compile OpenSSL for $TARGET"
     exit 1