diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index a8b0b6a8bd..66c63bd389 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@
 sudo: required
 dist: trusty
 
+os:
+  - linux
+  - linux-ppc64le
+
 language: bash
 
 env:
@@ -20,4 +24,4 @@ before_script:
   - ".ci/setup.sh"
 
 script:
-- "travis_wait .ci/run.sh"
+- "travis_wait 30 .ci/run.sh"
diff --git a/rootfs-builder/centos/config_ppc64le.sh b/rootfs-builder/centos/config_ppc64le.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..455911f1a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rootfs-builder/centos/config_ppc64le.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2018 IBM
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+# Base Repos
+BASE_URL="http://mirror.centos.org/altarch/${OS_VERSION}/os/${ARCH}/"
+
+# Additional Repos
+CENTOS_UPDATES_URL="http://mirror.centos.org/altarch/${OS_VERSION}/updates/${ARCH}/"
+
+CENTOS_EXTRAS_URL="http://mirror.centos.org/altarch/${OS_VERSION}/extras/${ARCH}/"
+
+CENTOS_PLUS_URL="http://mirror.centos.org/altarch/${OS_VERSION}/centosplus/${ARCH}/"
+
+GPG_KEY_ARCH_URL="http://mirror.centos.org/altarch/7/os/ppc64le/RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-SIG-AltArch-7-ppc64le"
+
+GPG_KEY_ARCH_FILE="RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-SIG-AltArch-7-ppc64le"
diff --git a/tests/image_creation.sh b/tests/image_creation.sh
index 5a630001ea..e6604ece38 100755
--- a/tests/image_creation.sh
+++ b/tests/image_creation.sh
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ readonly tests_repo="github.com/kata-containers/tests"
 readonly tests_repo_dir="${script_dir}/../../tests"
 readonly mgr="${tests_repo_dir}/cmd/kata-manager/kata-manager.sh"
 readonly RUNTIME=${RUNTIME:-kata-runtime}
+readonly MACHINE_TYPE=`uname -m`
 
 # "docker build" does not work with a VM-based runtime
 readonly docker_build_runtime="runc"
@@ -349,15 +350,16 @@ test_alpine()
 main()
 {
 	setup
-
 	test_fedora
-	test_clearlinux
 	test_centos
 	test_alpine
 
-	# Run last as EulerOS servers can be slow and we don't want to fail the
-	# previous tests.
-	test_euleros
+	if [ $MACHINE_TYPE != "ppc64le" ]; then
+	   test_clearlinux
+	   # Run last as EulerOS servers can be slow and we don't want to fail the
+	   # previous tests.
+	   test_euleros
+	fi
 }
 
 main "$@"