diff --git a/.github/workflows/insider-linux.yml b/.github/workflows/insider-linux.yml
index 9f8f2b0965b..7e69c295ef0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/insider-linux.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/insider-linux.yml
@@ -174,6 +174,9 @@ jobs:
           vscode_arch: loong64
           npm_arch: loong64
           image: vscodium/vscodium-linux-build-agent:trixie-loong64
+        - slug: PPC64
+          vscode_arch: ppc64le
+          npm_arch: ppc64
     container:
       image: ${{ matrix.image }}
     env:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/stable-linux.yml b/.github/workflows/stable-linux.yml
index 3f3785475ac..65779233354 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/stable-linux.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/stable-linux.yml
@@ -173,6 +173,10 @@ jobs:
           vscode_arch: loong64
           npm_arch: loong64
           image: vscodium/vscodium-linux-build-agent:trixie-loong64
+        - slug: PPC64
+          vscode_arch: ppc64le
+          npm_arch: ppc64
+          image: vscodium/vscodium-linux-build-agent:focal-ppc64le
     container:
       image: ${{ matrix.image }}
     env:
diff --git a/check_tags.sh b/check_tags.sh
index f0fb47b2407..456c8e59764 100755
--- a/check_tags.sh
+++ b/check_tags.sh
@@ -373,7 +373,14 @@ elif [[ "${ASSETS}" != "null" ]]; then
         SHOULD_BUILD_APPIMAGE="no"
         SHOULD_BUILD_DEB="no"
         SHOULD_BUILD_RPM="no"
-        SHOULD_BUILD_TAR="no"
+
+        if [[ -z $( contains "${APP_NAME}-linux-ppc64le-${RELEASE_VERSION}.tar.gz" ) ]]; then
+          echo "Building on Linux PowerPC64LE because we have no TAR"
+          export SHOULD_BUILD="yes"
+        else
+          export SHOULD_BUILD_TAR="no"
+        fi
+
 
         if [[ -z $( contains "${APP_NAME_LC}-reh-linux-ppc64le-${RELEASE_VERSION}.tar.gz" ) ]]; then
           echo "Building on Linux PowerPC64LE because we have no REH archive"
diff --git a/electron_linux_ppc64le.sh b/electron_linux_ppc64le.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..69b1830b55c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/electron_linux_ppc64le.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+set -ex
+
+export ELECTRON_VERSION="32.2.5"
+export VSCODE_ELECTRON_TAG="v${ELECTRON_VERSION}"
diff --git a/electron_linux_ppc64le.sha256sums b/electron_linux_ppc64le.sha256sums
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3c02620eaa0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/electron_linux_ppc64le.sha256sums
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+286fb5f6392b0e937a52901014bc2022a578dea443e20c392d367ed399e8c1ab *chromedriver-v32.2.5-linux-ppc64le.zip
+dfaa0a22fe7aca731d20b91deb7aed355de2e35c65bc09c2f2395d8c78cb53c5 *electron-v32.2.5-linux-ppc64le-debug.zip
+a6ab217b8d7c9f284fea4ba2e35a8623d6d996c76361f6cc33e4b61e6f38dc1a *electron-v32.2.5-linux-ppc64le-symbols.zip
+979479502d505ab2a16907ab8e1b358e88d9374295ce5dbe2207865367bc5972 *electron-v32.2.5-linux-ppc64le.zip
+146a192ac5e05bbd8172e3107cd4a1cae2b4882c98272ec735a2628889803104 *electron.d.ts
+5d7a1064d30dc30c8574878b52702dc0b4c7af5e247642957bbc491e66938cb6 *ffmpeg-v32.2.5-linux-ppc64le.zip
+0ecd17e582e90fa0dda7e9e76429bceb93628ac3231d8d558d723f03e3e9d55c *hunspell_dictionaries.zip
+8a72820655810ea0f917e73eb05ea90115f914060a716d7920e67e6dbc488ee8 *libcxx-objects-v32.2.5-linux-ppc64le.zip
+91aa5b5b835de4846f05ebe9a988323c919825ba8bae182d8b7732c4dbda3d80 *libcxx_headers.zip
+9c4f3cc365da92936bd3df9d3175737bb42558b91d8b2bc40d39e7c1b06c5554 *libcxxabi_headers.zip
+018a86eb6c764a2b9307999225d4fe1ed2eb1d0bb54edf1289fe5c126a814043 *mksnapshot-v32.2.5-linux-ppc64le.zip
diff --git a/package_linux_bin.sh b/package_linux_bin.sh
index aed162e4537..f239c7b6640 100755
--- a/package_linux_bin.sh
+++ b/package_linux_bin.sh
@@ -25,6 +25,10 @@ elif [[ "${VSCODE_ARCH}" == "ppc64le" ]]; then
   export VSCODE_SYSROOT_VERSION='20240129-253798'
   export VSCODE_SYSROOT_PREFIX='-glibc-2.28'
   export USE_GNUPP2A=1
+  export ELECTRON_SKIP_BINARY_DOWNLOAD=1
+  export PLAYWRIGHT_SKIP_BROWSER_DOWNLOAD=1
+  export VSCODE_SKIP_SETUPENV=1
+  export VSCODE_ELECTRON_REPOSITORY='lex-ibm/electron-ppc64le-build-scripts'
 elif [[ "${VSCODE_ARCH}" == "riscv64" ]]; then
   export VSCODE_ELECTRON_REPOSITORY='riscv-forks/electron-riscv-releases'
   export ELECTRON_SKIP_BINARY_DOWNLOAD=1