diff --git a/kernel/build-kernel.sh b/kernel/build-kernel.sh
index ae56215909..42df75eda4 100755
--- a/kernel/build-kernel.sh
+++ b/kernel/build-kernel.sh
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ build_kernel() {
 	arch_target=$(arch_to_kernel "${arch_target}")
 	pushd "${kernel_path}" >>/dev/null
 	make -j $(nproc) ARCH="${arch_target}"
-	[ -e "arch/${arch_target}/boot/bzImage" ] || [ -e "arch/${arch_target}/boot/Image.gz" ]
+	[ "$arch_target" != "powerpc" ] && ([ -e "arch/${arch_target}/boot/bzImage" ] || [ -e "arch/${arch_target}/boot/Image.gz" ])
 	[ -e "vmlinux" ]
 	popd >>/dev/null
 }
@@ -223,11 +223,16 @@ install_kata() {
 		bzImage="arch/${arch_target}/boot/bzImage"
 	elif [ -e "arch/${arch_target}/boot/Image.gz" ]; then
 		bzImage="arch/${arch_target}/boot/Image.gz"
-	else
-		die "failed to find bzImage"
+	elif [ "${arch_target}" != "powerpc" ]; then
+		die "failed to find image"
+	fi
+
+	if [ "${arch_target}" = "powerpc" ]; then
+		install --mode 0644 -D "vmlinux" "${install_path}/${vmlinuz}"
+	else
+		install --mode 0644 -D "${bzImage}" "${install_path}/${vmlinuz}"
 	fi
 
-	install --mode 0644 -D "${bzImage}" "${install_path}/${vmlinuz}"
 	install --mode 0644 -D "vmlinux" "${install_path}/${vmlinux}"
 	install --mode 0644 -D ./.config "${install_path}/config-${kernel_version}"
 	ln -sf "${vmlinuz}" "${install_path}/vmlinuz.container"
diff --git a/kernel/build-kernel_test.sh b/kernel/build-kernel_test.sh
index 41903afdf5..1ff0bae65c 100755
--- a/kernel/build-kernel_test.sh
+++ b/kernel/build-kernel_test.sh
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ build_kernel() {
 
 	echo "Build default kernel"
 	out=$(${build_kernel_sh} build 2>&1)
-	[ -e "${kernel_dir}/arch/$(uname -m)/boot/bzImage" ] || FAIL "bzImage not found"
+	[ $("${kata_arch_sh}" -d) != "ppc64le" ] && ([ -e "${kernel_dir}/arch/$(uname -m)/boot/bzImage" ] || FAIL "bzImage not found")
 	[ -e "${kernel_dir}/vmlinux" ] || FAIL "vmlinux not found"
 	OK
 
diff --git a/kernel/configs/ppc64le_kata_kvm_4.14.x b/kernel/configs/ppc64le_kata_kvm_4.14.x
index 44d7c41b31..914bad53ad 100644
--- a/kernel/configs/ppc64le_kata_kvm_4.14.x
+++ b/kernel/configs/ppc64le_kata_kvm_4.14.x
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #
 # Automatically generated file; DO NOT EDIT.
-# Linux/powerpc 4.14.48 Kernel Configuration
+# Linux/powerpc 4.14.49 Kernel Configuration
 #
 CONFIG_PPC64=y
 
@@ -2779,7 +2779,7 @@ CONFIG_FRAME_WARN=2048
 # CONFIG_PAGE_OWNER is not set
 CONFIG_DEBUG_FS=y
 # CONFIG_HEADERS_CHECK is not set
-# CONFIG_DEBUG_SECTION_MISMATCH is not set
+CONFIG_DEBUG_SECTION_MISMATCH=y
 CONFIG_SECTION_MISMATCH_WARN_ONLY=y
 # CONFIG_DEBUG_FORCE_WEAK_PER_CPU is not set
 CONFIG_MAGIC_SYSRQ=y
diff --git a/kernel/kata_config_version b/kernel/kata_config_version
index b8626c4cff..7ed6ff82de 100644
--- a/kernel/kata_config_version
+++ b/kernel/kata_config_version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-4
+5
diff --git a/scripts/configure-hypervisor.sh b/scripts/configure-hypervisor.sh
index 22f78d6738..1eb8da0653 100755
--- a/scripts/configure-hypervisor.sh
+++ b/scripts/configure-hypervisor.sh
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ generate_qemu_options()
 	case "$arch" in
 		aarch64) ;;
 		x86_64)  qemu_options+=(size:--disable-tcg);;
-		ppc64le) qemu_options+=(size:--disable-tcg);;
+		ppc64le) ;;
         esac
 
 	# SECURITY: Don't build a static binary (lowers security)
@@ -267,13 +267,12 @@ generate_qemu_options()
 		qemu_options+=(misc:--static)
 	fi
 
-	# Not required as "-uuid ..." is always passed to the qemu binary
-	qemu_options+=(size:--disable-uuid)
-
-	# Disable debug
+	# Disable debug and "-uuid ..." is always passed to the qemu binary so not required.
 	case "$arch" in
-		aarch64) ;;
+		aarch64) qemu_options+=(size:--disable-uuid)
+			;;
 		x86_64)
+			qemu_options+=(size:--disable-uuid)
 			qemu_options+=(size:--disable-debug-tcg)
 			qemu_options+=(size:--disable-tcg-interpreter)
 			;;
@@ -338,7 +337,11 @@ generate_qemu_options()
 	# Other options
 
 	# 64-bit only
-	qemu_options+=(arch:"--target-list=${arch}-softmmu")
+	if [ "${arch}" = "ppc64le" ]; then
+		qemu_options+=(arch:"--target-list=ppc64-softmmu")
+	else
+		qemu_options+=(arch:"--target-list=${arch}-softmmu")
+	fi
 
 	_qemu_cflags=""