--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/runtime/vm_version.cpp	Sat Dec 12 21:23:20 2015 +0300
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/runtime/vm_version.cpp	Sun Dec 13 22:32:16 2015 -0500
@@ -170,14 +170,19 @@
 #ifndef CPU
 #ifdef ZERO
 #define CPU      ZERO_LIBARCH
+#elif defined(PPC64)
+#if defined(VM_LITTLE_ENDIAN)
+#define CPU      "ppc64le"
+#else
+#define CPU      "ppc64"
+#endif
 #else
 #define CPU      IA32_ONLY("x86")                \
                  IA64_ONLY("ia64")               \
                  AMD64_ONLY("amd64")             \
-                 PPC64_ONLY("ppc64")             \
                  AARCH64_ONLY("aarch64")         \
                  SPARC_ONLY("sparc")
-#endif // ZERO
+#endif //
 #endif
 
 const char *Abstract_VM_Version::vm_platform_string() {