diff --git a/SPECS/hugo.spec b/SPECS/hugo.spec
index 99b703d..f5cca3e 100644
--- a/SPECS/hugo.spec
+++ b/SPECS/hugo.spec
@@ -37,8 +37,13 @@ git checkout tags/v%{version}
 export SHORTCOMMIT=$(git rev-parse --short HEAD)
 export BUILDDATE=$(date +%Y%m%d)
 go build -v -ldflags "-extldflags -s -w -B 0x$(head -c20 /dev/urandom|od -An -tx1|tr -d ' \n') -buildid "%{version}" -X 'github.com/gohugoio/hugo/common/hugo.buildDate="$BUILDDATE"' -X 'github.com/gohugoio/hugo/common/hugo.commitHash="$SHORTCOMMIT"'" -o hugo
+%ifarch ppc64
+export CGO_ENABLED=1
+%endif
 go build -v -ldflags "-extldflags -s -w -B 0x$(head -c20 /dev/urandom|od -An -tx1|tr -d ' \n') -buildid "%{version}" -X 'github.com/gohugoio/hugo/common/hugo.buildDate="$BUILDDATE"' -X 'github.com/gohugoio/hugo/common/hugo.commitHash="$SHORTCOMMIT"'" -tags "extended" -o hugo-extended
-
+%ifarch ppc64
+unset CGO_ENABLED
+%endif
 
 %install
 install -p -D -m 0555 src/hugo/hugo %{buildroot}%{_bindir}/hugo