diff --git a/protoc-artifacts/build-protoc.sh b/protoc-artifacts/build-protoc.sh
index fe1dec2..b78abbc 100755
--- a/protoc-artifacts/build-protoc.sh
+++ b/protoc-artifacts/build-protoc.sh
@@ -81,6 +81,8 @@
         assertEq $format "elf64-x86-64" $LINENO
       elif [[ "$ARCH" == aarch_64 ]]; then
         assertEq $format "elf64-little" $LINENO
+      elif [[ "$ARCH" == ppcle_64 ]]; then
+        assertEq $format "elf64-powerpcle" $LINENO
       else
         fail "Unsupported arch: $ARCH"
       fi
@@ -124,6 +126,8 @@
       white_list="linux-gate\.so\.1\|libpthread\.so\.0\|libm\.so\.6\|libc\.so\.6\|ld-linux\.so\.2"
     elif [[ "$ARCH" == x86_64 ]]; then
       white_list="linux-vdso\.so\.1\|libpthread\.so\.0\|libm\.so\.6\|libc\.so\.6\|ld-linux-x86-64\.so\.2"
+    elif [[ "$ARCH" == ppcle_64 ]]; then
+      white_list="linux-vdso64\.so\.1\|libpthread\.so\.0\|libm\.so\.6\|libc\.so\.6\|libz\.so\.1\|ld64\.so\.2"
     elif [[ "$ARCH" == aarch_64 ]]; then
       dump_cmd='objdump -p '"$1"' | grep NEEDED'
       white_list="libpthread\.so\.0\|libc\.so\.6\|ld-linux-aarch64\.so\.1"
@@ -193,6 +197,8 @@
       CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS -m32"
     elif [[ "$ARCH" == aarch_64 ]]; then
       CONFIGURE_ARGS="$CONFIGURE_ARGS --host=aarch64-linux-gnu"
+    elif [[ "$ARCH" == ppcle_64 ]]; then
+      CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS -m64"
     else
       fail "Unsupported arch: $ARCH"
     fi
diff --git a/protoc-artifacts/build-zip.sh b/protoc-artifacts/build-zip.sh
index f08e275..26b6cc9 100755
--- a/protoc-artifacts/build-zip.sh
+++ b/protoc-artifacts/build-zip.sh
@@ -13,13 +13,14 @@
 This script will download pre-built protoc or protoc plugin binaries from maven
 repository and create .zip packages suitable to be included in the github
 release page. If the target is protoc, well-known type .proto files will also be
-included. Each invocation will create 6 zip packages:
+included. Each invocation will create 7 zip packages:
   dist/<TARGET>-<VERSION_NUMBER>-win32.zip
   dist/<TARGET>-<VERSION_NUMBER>-osx-x86_32.zip
   dist/<TARGET>-<VERSION_NUMBER>-osx-x86_64.zip
   dist/<TARGET>-<VERSION_NUMBER>-linux-x86_32.zip
   dist/<TARGET>-<VERSION_NUMBER>-linux-x86_64.zip
   dist/<TARGET>-<VERSION_NUMBER>-linux-aarch_64.zip
+  dist/<TARGET>-<VERSION_NUMBER>-linux-ppcle_64.zip
 EOF
   exit 1
 fi
@@ -35,6 +36,7 @@
   linux-x86_32.zip linux-x86_32.exe \
   linux-x86_64.zip linux-x86_64.exe \
   linux-aarch_64.zip linux-aarch_64.exe \
+  linux-ppcle_64.zip linux-ppcle_64.exe \
 )
 
 # List of all well-known types to be included.
diff --git a/protoc-artifacts/pom.xml b/protoc-artifacts/pom.xml
index 9032353..f71d63b 100644
--- a/protoc-artifacts/pom.xml
+++ b/protoc-artifacts/pom.xml
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
       <extension>
         <groupId>kr.motd.maven</groupId>
         <artifactId>os-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>1.2.3.Final</version>
+        <version>1.5.0.Final</version>
       </extension>
     </extensions>
     <plugins>