diff --git a/elements/vm/block-device.d/10-partition b/elements/vm/block-device.d/10-partition
index 33526161..b09fa7a2 100755
--- a/elements/vm/block-device.d/10-partition
+++ b/elements/vm/block-device.d/10-partition
@@ -5,14 +5,23 @@ set -o pipefail
 source $_LIB/die
 [ -n "$IMAGE_BLOCK_DEVICE" ] || die "Image block device not set"
 
+# Create 2 partitions for PPC, one for PReP boot and other for root
+if [[ "$ARCH" =~ "ppc" ]] ; then
+    sudo sfdisk --force $IMAGE_BLOCK_DEVICE << EOF
+0,8,41 *
+,,L
+;
+EOF
+else
 # Create 1 partition far enough up the disk to permit grub to be installed on
 # the MBR.
-sudo sfdisk $IMAGE_BLOCK_DEVICE << EOF
+    sudo sfdisk $IMAGE_BLOCK_DEVICE << EOF
 1 - - *
 0 0;
 0 0;
 0 0;
 EOF
+fi
 
 sudo partprobe $IMAGE_BLOCK_DEVICE
 
@@ -31,10 +40,15 @@ if [ ! -e "${IMAGE_BLOCK_DEVICE}p1" ]; then
     else
         sudo kpartx -asv $TMP_IMAGE_PATH
     fi
+elif [[ "$ARCH" =~ "ppc" ]]; then
+    sudo kpartx -asv $TMP_IMAGE_PATH
 fi
 
 if [ -n "$DM" ]; then
     echo "IMAGE_BLOCK_DEVICE=${DM}p1"
+elif [[ "$ARCH" =~ "ppc" ]]; then
+    DM=${IMAGE_BLOCK_DEVICE/#\/dev/\/dev\/mapper}
+    echo "IMAGE_BLOCK_DEVICE=${DM}p2"
 else
     echo "IMAGE_BLOCK_DEVICE=${IMAGE_BLOCK_DEVICE}p1"
 fi
diff --git a/elements/vm/finalise.d/51-bootloader b/elements/vm/finalise.d/51-bootloader
index d897eb70..6031cd4c 100755
--- a/elements/vm/finalise.d/51-bootloader
+++ b/elements/vm/finalise.d/51-bootloader
@@ -9,7 +9,11 @@ set -o pipefail
 # FIXME:
 [ -n "$IMAGE_BLOCK_DEVICE" ]
 PART_DEV=$IMAGE_BLOCK_DEVICE
-BOOT_DEV=$(echo $IMAGE_BLOCK_DEVICE | sed -e 's#p1##' | sed -e 's#mapper/##')
+if [[ "$ARCH" =~ "ppc" ]]; then
+    BOOT_DEV=$(echo $IMAGE_BLOCK_DEVICE | sed -e 's#p2##')'p1'
+else
+    BOOT_DEV=$(echo $IMAGE_BLOCK_DEVICE | sed -e 's#p1##' | sed -e 's#mapper/##')
+fi
 
 function install_extlinux {
     install-packages extlinux
@@ -51,6 +55,8 @@ function install_grub2 {
     # Check for offline installation of grub
     if [ -f "/tmp/grub/install" ] ; then
         source /tmp/grub/install
+    elif [[ "$ARCH" =~ "ppc" ]]; then
+        install-packages grub-ieee1275
     else
         install-packages grub-pc
     fi
@@ -108,7 +114,11 @@ function install_grub2 {
         fi
     fi
 
-    $GRUBNAME --modules="biosdisk part_msdos" $GRUB_OPTS $BOOT_DEV
+    if [[ "$ARCH" =~ "ppc" ]] ; then
+        $GRUBNAME --modules="part_msdos" $GRUB_OPTS $BOOT_DEV --no-nvram
+    else
+        $GRUBNAME --modules="biosdisk part_msdos" $GRUB_OPTS $BOOT_DEV
+    fi
 
     # This might be better factored out into a per-distro 'install-bootblock'
     # helper.