diff -Nru libhdf4-4.2.10/debian/changelog libhdf4-4.2.10/debian/changelog
--- libhdf4-4.2.10/debian/changelog	2014-10-05 20:35:40.000000000 +0000
+++ libhdf4-4.2.10/debian/changelog	2014-10-10 23:13:42.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+libhdf4 (4.2.10-2ppc64el2) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
+
+  * Fix endianness definition for ppc64el.
+
+ -- Fernando Seiti Furusato <ferseiti@br.ibm.com>  Fri, 10 Oct 2014 23:13:28 +0000
+
 libhdf4 (4.2.10-2) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   * Add build-time checks
diff -Nru libhdf4-4.2.10/debian/patches/ppc64el.patch libhdf4-4.2.10/debian/patches/ppc64el.patch
--- libhdf4-4.2.10/debian/patches/ppc64el.patch	1970-01-01 00:00:00.000000000 +0000
+++ libhdf4-4.2.10/debian/patches/ppc64el.patch	2014-10-10 23:13:24.000000000 +0000
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+Index: libhdf4-4.2.10/HDF4/mfhdf/libsrc/xdrposix.c
+===================================================================
+--- libhdf4-4.2.10.orig/HDF4/mfhdf/libsrc/xdrposix.c	2014-10-05 20:35:40.000000000 +0000
++++ libhdf4-4.2.10/HDF4/mfhdf/libsrc/xdrposix.c	2014-10-08 16:30:11.170013021 +0000
+@@ -431,7 +431,7 @@
+ #endif
+ {
+     unsigned char *up = (unsigned char *)lp ;
+-#if (defined AIX5L64 || defined __powerpc64__ || (defined __hpux && __LP64__))  
++#if (defined AIX5L64 || (defined __powerpc64__ && !defined __LITTLE_ENDIAN__) || defined __s390x__ || (defined __hpux && __LP64__))
+     *lp = 0 ;
+     up += (sizeof(long) - 4) ;
+ #endif
+@@ -458,7 +458,7 @@
+     netlong mycopy = htonl(*lp);
+     up = (unsigned char *)&mycopy;
+ #endif
+-#if (defined AIX5L64  || defined __powerpc64__ || (defined __hpux && __LP64__))
++#if (defined AIX5L64  || (defined __powerpc64__ && !defined __LITTLE_ENDIAN__) || defined __s390x__ || (defined __hpux && __LP64__))
+     up += (sizeof(long) - 4) ;
+ #endif
+ 
diff -Nru libhdf4-4.2.10/debian/patches/series libhdf4-4.2.10/debian/patches/series
--- libhdf4-4.2.10/debian/patches/series	2014-10-05 20:35:40.000000000 +0000
+++ libhdf4-4.2.10/debian/patches/series	2014-10-10 23:11:55.000000000 +0000
@@ -10,4 +10,5 @@
 install-examples.diff
 missing-includes.diff
 fix_string_literals.diff
+ppc64el.patch