diff --git a/src/runtime/arch/ppc64le-options.mk b/src/runtime/arch/ppc64le-options.mk
index a309ca51db..821e4f6835 100644
--- a/src/runtime/arch/ppc64le-options.mk
+++ b/src/runtime/arch/ppc64le-options.mk
@@ -9,4 +9,4 @@ MACHINETYPE := pseries
 KERNELPARAMS :=
 MACHINEACCELERATORS :=
 KERNELTYPE := uncompressed #This architecture must use an uncompressed kernel.
-QEMUCMD := qemu-system-ppc64le
+QEMUCMD := qemu-system-ppc64
diff --git a/src/runtime/virtcontainers/qemu_ppc64le.go b/src/runtime/virtcontainers/qemu_ppc64le.go
index 948642d52d..4f15ef8592 100644
--- a/src/runtime/virtcontainers/qemu_ppc64le.go
+++ b/src/runtime/virtcontainers/qemu_ppc64le.go
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ type qemuPPC64le struct {
 	qemuArchBase
 }
 
-const defaultQemuPath = "/usr/bin/qemu-system-ppc64le"
+const defaultQemuPath = "/usr/bin/qemu-system-ppc64"
 
 const defaultQemuMachineType = QemuPseries