diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 13cd0d6..de28944 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -12,3 +12,6 @@ build/
 
 # generated ssh keys
 keys/*
+
+# boostrap packages
+/*-stage4/
diff --git a/boot.sh b/boot.sh
index a87a639..de44bc5 100755
--- a/boot.sh
+++ b/boot.sh
@@ -112,6 +112,17 @@ qemu_setargs_riscv64() {
   )
 }
 
+qemu_setargs_ppc64() {
+  qemu_args+=(
+    -machine pseries
+    -m 2G
+    -kernel "$1"/vmlinuz-linux-libre
+    -initrd "$1"/initramfs-linux-libre.img
+    -append "console=ttyS0 rw root=/dev/sda3"
+    -drive file="$2"
+  )
+}
+
 qemu_setargs_i386() {
     qemu_setargs_x86_64 "$@"
 }
@@ -141,15 +152,17 @@ boot_from_image() {
   check_kernel_arch "$TOPBUILDDIR"/mnt || return
 
   case "$machine" in
-    RISC-V) arch=riscv64 ;;
-    ARM)    arch=arm     ;;
-    i386)   arch=i386    ;;
-    i386:*) arch=x86_64  ;;
-    *)      error "unrecognized machine '$machine'"
-            return "$ERROR_UNSPECIFIED" ;;
+    RISC-V)     arch=riscv64  ;;
+    PowerPC64)  arch=ppc64    ;;
+    ARM)        arch=arm      ;;
+    i386)       arch=i386     ;;
+    i386:*)     arch=x86_64   ;;
+    *)          error "unrecognized machine '$machine'"
+                return "$ERROR_UNSPECIFIED" ;;
   esac
 
-  qemu_args=(-snapshot -nographic)
+  #qemu_args=(-snapshot -nographic)
+  qemu_args=(-nographic)
   "qemu_setargs_$arch" "$TOPBUILDDIR"/mnt "$1" "$loopdev"
   qemu_arch_is_foreign "$arch" || qemu_args+=(-enable-kvm)
   QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none "qemu-system-$arch" "${qemu_args[@]}"
diff --git a/src/qemu.sh b/src/qemu.sh
index afea16d..da4b16b 100644
--- a/src/qemu.sh
+++ b/src/qemu.sh
@@ -43,6 +43,10 @@ qemu_img_partition_and_mount_for_riscv64() {
   qemu_img_partition_and_mount_for_x86_64 "$@"
 }
 
+qemu_img_partition_and_mount_for_powerpc64le() {
+  qemu_img_partition_and_mount_for_x86_64 "$@"
+}
+
 qemu_img_partition_and_mount_for_i686() {
   qemu_img_partition_and_mount_for_x86_64 "$@"
 }
@@ -72,6 +76,7 @@ qemu_img_losetup() {
   echo -n "checking for free loop device ... "
   loopdev=$(losetup -f --show "$1") || loopdev=no
   echo "$loopdev"
+  partprobe "$loopdev"
 
   [ "x$loopdev" == "xno" ] && return "$ERROR_MISSING"
 
@@ -101,8 +106,9 @@ qemu_arch_is_foreign() {
 qemu_setup_user_static() {
 	local interpreter
 	case "$ARCH" in
-		armv7h) interpreter=/usr/bin/qemu-arm-     ;;
-		*)      interpreter=/usr/bin/qemu-"$ARCH"- ;;
+		armv7h)       interpreter=/usr/bin/qemu-arm-     ;;
+    powerpc64le)  interpreter=/usr/bin/qemu-ppc64le- ;;
+		*)            interpreter=/usr/bin/qemu-"$ARCH"- ;;
 	esac
 
 	if qemu_arch_is_foreign "$ARCH"; then
@@ -136,6 +142,10 @@ qemu_img_finalize_for_riscv64() {
     -O "$1"/boot/bbl
 }
 
+qemu_img_finalize_for_powerpc64le() {
+  true
+}
+
 qemu_img_finalize_for_i686() {
   true
 }