diff -Nru opencv-2.4.8+dfsg/debian/changelog opencv-2.4.8+dfsg/debian/changelog
--- opencv-2.4.8+dfsg/debian/changelog	2014-02-24 12:48:34.000000000 +0000
+++ opencv-2.4.8+dfsg/debian/changelog	2014-02-24 15:03:32.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+opencv (2.4.8+dfsg-1ubuntu3) trusty; urgency=medium
+
+  * Build using tbb on arm64 and ppc64el.
+
+ -- Matthias Klose <doko@ubuntu.com>  Mon, 24 Feb 2014 16:03:01 +0100
+
 opencv (2.4.8+dfsg-1ubuntu2) trusty; urgency=medium
 
   * Add missing cmake files to libopencv-dev
diff -Nru opencv-2.4.8+dfsg/debian/control opencv-2.4.8+dfsg/debian/control
--- opencv-2.4.8+dfsg/debian/control	2014-02-24 12:51:01.000000000 +0000
+++ opencv-2.4.8+dfsg/debian/control	2014-02-24 14:38:00.000000000 +0000
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
  libv4l-dev [linux-any],
  zlib1g-dev (>= 1.2.5),
  liblapack-dev (>= 3.2.1),
- libtbb-dev [i386 amd64 ia64 powerpc ppc64],
+ libtbb-dev [arm64 i386 amd64 ia64 powerpc ppc64 ppc64el],
  libeigen3-dev,
  ocl-icd-opencl-dev [!ppc64el],
  python-dev,
diff -Nru opencv-2.4.8+dfsg/debian/rules opencv-2.4.8+dfsg/debian/rules
--- opencv-2.4.8+dfsg/debian/rules	2014-02-12 16:43:32.000000000 +0000
+++ opencv-2.4.8+dfsg/debian/rules	2014-02-24 14:38:19.000000000 +0000
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 endif
 
 # TBB support
-ifneq (,$(findstring $(DEB_HOST_ARCH), i386 amd64 ia64 powerpc ppc64))
+ifneq (,$(findstring $(DEB_HOST_ARCH), arm64 i386 amd64 ia64 powerpc ppc64 ppc64el))
 CMAKE_ARCH_FLAGS += -DWITH_TBB=ON
 else
 CMAKE_ARCH_FLAGS += -DWITH_TBB=OFF