diff --git a/cipd b/cipd
index 7f6dea9398..2c809aa273 100755
--- a/cipd
+++ b/cipd
@@ -35,6 +35,12 @@ case $UNAME in
   s390x)  # best-effort support for IBM s390x: crbug.com/764087
     ARCH=s390x
     ;;
+  ppc64)  # best-effort support for 64-bit PowerPC: crbug.com/773857
+    ARCH=ppc64
+    ;;
+  ppcle64)  # best-effort support for 64-bit PowerPC/LE: crbug.com/773857
+    ARCH=ppc64le
+    ;;
   aarch64)
     ARCH=arm64
     ;;
diff --git a/cipd_client_version b/cipd_client_version
index dc6cd0a2d3..3fd262550e 100644
--- a/cipd_client_version
+++ b/cipd_client_version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-git_revision:c8044eb23015ef176913df6f4493c13f67e4d44b
+git_revision:d2677a4477e59cb7de00f1fb8a00e96b1aaeb927