diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 0b34ae3cf..80115f94f 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -760,7 +760,7 @@ AS_CASE([$host_cpu],
         [i@<:@456@:>@86],[qemu_cpu=i386],
         [arm*],[qemu_cpu=arm],
         [amd64],[qemu_cpu=x86_64],
-        [powerpc64 | ppc64le],[qemu_cpu=ppc64],
+        [powerpc64 | ppc64le | powerpc64le],[qemu_cpu=ppc64],
         [qemu_cpu=$host_cpu])
 default_qemu="qemu-kvm kvm qemu-system-$qemu_cpu qemu"
 AC_ARG_WITH([qemu],
diff --git a/test-tool/test-tool.c b/test-tool/test-tool.c
index f3eb59d0e..4db39a326 100644
--- a/test-tool/test-tool.c
+++ b/test-tool/test-tool.c
@@ -394,7 +394,7 @@ set_qemu (guestfs_h *g, const char *path, int use_wrapper)
            "          ;;\n"
            "    arm*) qemu=\"$qemudir/$host_cpu-softmmu/qemu-system-arm\"\n"
            "          ;;\n"
-           "    powerpc64|ppc64le)\n"
+           "    powerpc64|ppc64le|powerpc64le)\n"
            "          qemu=\"$qemudir/$host_cpu-softmmu/qemu-system-ppc64\"\n"
            "          ;;\n"
            "    *)    qemu=\"$qemudir/$host_cpu-softmmu/qemu-system-$host_cpu\"\n"