diff --git a/libmamba/CMakeLists.txt b/libmamba/CMakeLists.txt
index f3629c4049..9fe480a32d 100644
--- a/libmamba/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/libmamba/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -463,18 +463,31 @@ macro(libmamba_create_target target_name linkage output_name)
         mamba_target_check_type(reproc STATIC_LIBRARY FATAL_ERROR)
         mamba_target_check_type(reproc++ STATIC_LIBRARY FATAL_ERROR)
 
-        target_link_libraries(
-            ${target_name}
-            PUBLIC fmt::fmt-header-only spdlog::spdlog_header_only yaml-cpp::yaml-cpp
-            PRIVATE
+	if(PPC32)
+	target_link_libraries(
+		${target_name}
+            	PUBLIC fmt::fmt-header-only spdlog::spdlog_header_only yaml-cpp::yaml-cpp
+            	PRIVATE
                 reproc
                 reproc++
-                simdjson::simdjson_static
-                solv::libsolv_static
-                solv::libsolvext_static
+                simdjson
+                libsolv
+                libsolvext
                 solv::cpp
         )
-
+	else()
+		target_link_libraries(
+		        ${target_name}
+		        PUBLIC fmt::fmt-header-only spdlog::spdlog_header_only yaml-cpp::yaml-cpp
+		        PRIVATE
+		        reproc
+		        reproc++
+		        simdjson::simdjson_static
+		        solv::libsolv_static
+		        solv::libsolvext_static
+		        solv::cpp
+		)
+	endif()	
         if(UNIX)
 
             set(
diff --git a/libmamba/ext/solv-cpp/CMakeLists.txt b/libmamba/ext/solv-cpp/CMakeLists.txt
index 8934098b4b..641a883254 100644
--- a/libmamba/ext/solv-cpp/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/libmamba/ext/solv-cpp/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ find_package(Libsolv REQUIRED)
 if(BUILD_SHARED)
     set(LIBSOLV_DEPS solv::libsolv solv::libsolvext)
     set_target_properties(solv-cpp PROPERTIES POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+elseif(BUILD_PPC32)
+    set(LIBSOLV_DEPS libsolv libsolvext)
 else()
     set(LIBSOLV_DEPS solv::libsolv_static solv::libsolvext_static)
 endif()
diff --git a/libmamba/include/mamba/specs/platform.hpp b/libmamba/include/mamba/specs/platform.hpp
index 3149296a80..1c0dc2e371 100644
--- a/libmamba/include/mamba/specs/platform.hpp
+++ b/libmamba/include/mamba/specs/platform.hpp
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ namespace mamba::specs
         linux_aarch64,
         linux_ppc64le,
         linux_ppc64,
+	linux_ppc,
         linux_s390x,
         linux_riscv32,
         linux_riscv64,
@@ -181,6 +182,8 @@ namespace mamba::specs
                 return "linux-ppc64";
             case KnownPlatform::linux_ppc64le:
                 return "linux-ppc64le";
+	    case KnownPlatform::linux_ppc:
+		return "linux-ppc";
             case KnownPlatform::linux_s390x:
                 return "linux-s390x";
             case KnownPlatform::linux_riscv32:
diff --git a/libmamba/src/specs/conda_url.cpp b/libmamba/src/specs/conda_url.cpp
index 886731ea64..e1a43d4ab4 100644
--- a/libmamba/src/specs/conda_url.cpp
+++ b/libmamba/src/specs/conda_url.cpp
@@ -17,7 +17,9 @@
 #include "mamba/util/encoding.hpp"
 #include "mamba/util/string.hpp"
 
+
 namespace mamba::specs
+
 {
     /**
      * Find the location of "/os-arch"-like subsring.
@@ -377,10 +379,17 @@ namespace mamba::specs
         // Must not decode to find the meaningful '/' separators
         if (has_archive_extension(path(Decode::no)))
         {
-            auto l_path = clear_path();
-            const auto pos = std::min(std::min(l_path.rfind('/'), l_path.size()) + 1ul, l_path.size());
-            l_path.replace(pos, std::string::npos, pkg);
-            Base::set_path(std::move(l_path), Encode::no);
+#ifdef __powerpc__
+                //The other three lines from below result in a failed build on ppc32
+                auto l_path = clear_path();
+#else
+		
+	        
+                auto l_path = clear_path();
+                const auto pos = std::min(std::min(l_path.rfind('/'), l_path.size()) + 1ul, l_path.size());
+                l_path.replace(pos, std::string::npos, pkg);
+                Base::set_path(std::move(l_path), Encode::no);
+#endif	
         }
         else
         {
@@ -540,6 +549,7 @@ namespace mamba::specs
         }
     }
 }
+#undef PPC32
 
 auto
 std::hash<mamba::specs::CondaURL>::operator()(const mamba::specs::CondaURL& u) const -> std::size_t
diff --git a/libmamba/src/specs/platform.cpp b/libmamba/src/specs/platform.cpp
index deaa1d0df6..5516fc8fa4 100644
--- a/libmamba/src/specs/platform.cpp
+++ b/libmamba/src/specs/platform.cpp
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ namespace mamba::specs
                || (plat == KnownPlatform::linux_aarch64)  //
                || (plat == KnownPlatform::linux_ppc64le)  //
                || (plat == KnownPlatform::linux_ppc64)    //
+               || (plat == KnownPlatform::linux_ppc)      //
                || (plat == KnownPlatform::linux_s390x)    //
                || (plat == KnownPlatform::linux_riscv32)  //
                || (plat == KnownPlatform::linux_riscv64);
@@ -101,6 +102,8 @@ namespace mamba::specs
 #else
         return KnownPlatform::linux_ppc64le;
 #endif
+#elif defined(__powerpc__) || defined(__ppc__)
+	return KnownPlatform::linux_ppc;
 #elif defined(__s390x__)
         return KnownPlatform::linux_s390x;
 #elif defined(__riscv) && defined(__riscv_xlen) && (__riscv_xlen == 32)
diff --git a/libmambapy/src/libmambapy/bindings/specs.cpp b/libmambapy/src/libmambapy/bindings/specs.cpp
index bbe1d74155..d25d245110 100644
--- a/libmambapy/src/libmambapy/bindings/specs.cpp
+++ b/libmambapy/src/libmambapy/bindings/specs.cpp
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ namespace mambapy
             .value("linux_aarch64", KnownPlatform::linux_aarch64)
             .value("linux_ppc64le", KnownPlatform::linux_ppc64le)
             .value("linux_ppc64", KnownPlatform::linux_ppc64)
+	    .value("linux_ppc", KnownPlatform::linux_ppc)
             .value("linux_s390x", KnownPlatform::linux_s390x)
             .value("linux_riscv32", KnownPlatform::linux_riscv32)
             .value("linux_riscv64", KnownPlatform::linux_riscv64)