--- mgetty-1.1.30/mgetty.h.ppc64	2004-03-17 11:18:21.000000000 +0100
+++ mgetty-1.1.30/mgetty.h	2004-03-17 11:18:38.000000000 +0100
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@
  * Same for Sparc Ultra machines [at least with SparcLinux]
  */
 #if defined(__alpha__) || defined(__sparc64__) || \
-	    defined(__ia64__) || defined(__s390x__) || defined(__x86_64__)
+	    defined(__ia64__) || defined(__s390x__) || defined(__x86_64__) || defined(__powerpc64__)
 # define PTR_IS_LONG
 #endif