diff --git a/binutils/ChangeLog b/binutils/ChangeLog
index 1b9cb24a1e..c40ceda118 100644
--- a/binutils/ChangeLog
+++ b/binutils/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2016-09-29  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
+
+	* readelf.c (process_arch_specific): Call process_power_specific
+	for EM_PPC64.
+
 2016-09-26  Vlad Zakharov  <vzakhar@synopsys.com>
 
 	* Makefile.am: Replace AM_CLFAGS with AM_CFLAGS_FOR_BUILD
diff --git a/binutils/readelf.c b/binutils/readelf.c
index ca7ed3fe58..9a07158cc3 100644
--- a/binutils/readelf.c
+++ b/binutils/readelf.c
@@ -16385,6 +16385,7 @@ process_arch_specific (FILE * file)
       return process_nds32_specific (file);
       break;
     case EM_PPC:
+    case EM_PPC64:
       return process_power_specific (file);
       break;
     case EM_S390: