diff -Nru etcd-3.1.8+dfsg/debian/changelog etcd-3.1.8+dfsg/debian/changelog
--- etcd-3.1.8+dfsg/debian/changelog	2017-06-04 18:03:52.000000000 -0500
+++ etcd-3.1.8+dfsg/debian/changelog	2017-07-03 08:56:17.000000000 -0500
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+etcd (3.1.8+dfsg-3) unstable; urgency=medium
+
+  * Fix service start error for ppc64le arch (Closes: #866194)
+
+ -- Harish Sriram <hasriram@in.ibm.com>  Mon, 03 Jul 2017 08:56:17 -0500
+
 etcd (3.1.8+dfsg-2) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   * Fix upgrade problem caused by client/server package split. Thanks 
diff -Nru etcd-3.1.8+dfsg/debian/patches/fix-service-ppc64le.patch etcd-3.1.8+dfsg/debian/patches/fix-service-ppc64le.patch
--- etcd-3.1.8+dfsg/debian/patches/fix-service-ppc64le.patch	1969-12-31 18:00:00.000000000 -0600
+++ etcd-3.1.8+dfsg/debian/patches/fix-service-ppc64le.patch	2017-07-03 08:56:04.000000000 -0500
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+diff --git a/etcdmain/etcd.go b/etcdmain/etcd.go
+index e78f166..7101168 100644
+--- a/etcdmain/etcd.go
++++ b/etcdmain/etcd.go
+@@ -556,7 +556,7 @@ func setupLogging(cfg *config) {
+ 
+ func checkSupportArch() {
+ 	// TODO qualify arm64
+-	if runtime.GOARCH == "amd64" {
++	if runtime.GOARCH == "amd64" || runtime.GOARCH == "ppc64le" {
+ 		return
+ 	}
+ 	if env, ok := os.LookupEnv("ETCD_UNSUPPORTED_ARCH"); ok && env == runtime.GOARCH {
diff -Nru etcd-3.1.8+dfsg/debian/patches/series etcd-3.1.8+dfsg/debian/patches/series
--- etcd-3.1.8+dfsg/debian/patches/series	2017-06-04 18:03:52.000000000 -0500
+++ etcd-3.1.8+dfsg/debian/patches/series	2017-07-03 08:56:04.000000000 -0500
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 disable-network-tests.patch
 test_path.patch
 skip-dev-ptmx-error.patch
+fix-service-ppc64le.patch