diff --git a/config/ppc/ppc64le-power8-linux-gcc b/config/ppc/ppc64le-power8-linux-gcc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..51f7ceebf3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/ppc/ppc64le-power8-linux-gcc
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+[binaries]
+c = 'powerpc64le-linux-gcc'
+cpp = 'powerpc64le-linux-cpp'
+ar = 'powerpc64le-linux-gcc-ar'
+strip = 'powerpc64le-linux-strip'
+
+[host_machine]
+system = 'linux'
+cpu_family = 'ppc64'
+cpu = 'power8'
+endian = 'little'
diff --git a/devtools/test-meson-builds.sh b/devtools/test-meson-builds.sh
index 9781eaf415..eaa215f13e 100755
--- a/devtools/test-meson-builds.sh
+++ b/devtools/test-meson-builds.sh
@@ -212,6 +212,11 @@ for f in $srcdir/config/arm/arm64_[bdo]*gcc ; do
 	unset CC
 done
 
+# ppc configurations
+for f in $srcdir/config/ppc/ppc* ; do
+	build build-$(basename $f | cut -d'-' -f-2) $f $use_shared
+done
+
 # Test installation of the x86-default target, to be used for checking
 # the sample apps build using the pkg-config file for cflags and libs
 build_path=$(readlink -f $builds_dir/build-x86-default)