diff --git a/scripts/package/mkspec b/scripts/package/mkspec
index 2500886..ee448cd 100755
--- a/scripts/package/mkspec
+++ b/scripts/package/mkspec
@@ -86,6 +86,14 @@
 echo 'cp System.map $RPM_BUILD_ROOT'"/boot/System.map-$KERNELRELEASE"
 
 echo 'cp .config $RPM_BUILD_ROOT'"/boot/config-$KERNELRELEASE"
+
+echo "%ifnarch ppc64"
+echo 'cp vmlinux vmlinux.orig'
+echo 'bzip2 -9 vmlinux'
+echo 'mv vmlinux.bz2 $RPM_BUILD_ROOT'"/boot/vmlinux-$KERNELRELEASE.bz2"
+echo 'mv vmlinux.orig vmlinux'
+echo "%endif"
+
 echo ""
 echo "%clean"
 echo '#echo -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT'