diff --git a/SPECS/containerd.spec b/SPECS/containerd.spec
index 86fb0de..52036d9 100644
--- a/SPECS/containerd.spec
+++ b/SPECS/containerd.spec
@@ -149,6 +149,9 @@ low-level storage and network attachments, etc.
 %build
 %gobuildroot
 export LDFLAGS="-X %{goipath}/version.Version=%{version}"
+%ifarch ppc64
+export CGO_ENABLED=1
+%endif
 %gobuild -o _bin/containerd %{goipath}/cmd/containerd
 %gobuild -o _bin/containerd-shim %{goipath}/cmd/containerd-shim
 %gobuild -o _bin/ctr %{goipath}/cmd/ctr