diff --git a/api/python/lief/__init__.pyi b/api/python/lief/__init__.pyi
index 6c783911..8339e86f 100644
--- a/api/python/lief/__init__.pyi
+++ b/api/python/lief/__init__.pyi
@@ -201,6 +201,8 @@ class Header(Object):
 
         LOONGARCH = 11
 
+        PPC64 = 12
+
     class ENDIANNESS(enum.Enum):
         @staticmethod
         def from_value(arg: int, /) -> Header.ENDIANNESS: ...
diff --git a/api/python/src/Abstract/pyHeader.cpp b/api/python/src/Abstract/pyHeader.cpp
index 35d6656c..50b4be3f 100644
--- a/api/python/src/Abstract/pyHeader.cpp
+++ b/api/python/src/Abstract/pyHeader.cpp
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ void create<Header>(nb::module_& m) {
     ENTRY(XCORE)
     ENTRY(RISCV)
     ENTRY(LOONGARCH)
+    ENTRY(PPC64)
   ;
   #undef ENTRY
 
diff --git a/include/LIEF/Abstract/Header.hpp b/include/LIEF/Abstract/Header.hpp
index 7a49310c..1dd558c4 100644
--- a/include/LIEF/Abstract/Header.hpp
+++ b/include/LIEF/Abstract/Header.hpp
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ class LIEF_API Header : public Object {
     XCORE,
     RISCV,
     LOONGARCH,
+    PPC64,
   };
 
   enum class ENDIANNESS {
diff --git a/src/Abstract/Header.cpp b/src/Abstract/Header.cpp
index d95400cc..e19ab10f 100644
--- a/src/Abstract/Header.cpp
+++ b/src/Abstract/Header.cpp
@@ -84,6 +84,10 @@ Header Header::from(const ELF::Binary& elf) {
       hdr.architecture_ = ARCHITECTURES::PPC;
       break;
 
+    case ELF::ARCH::PPC64:
+      hdr.architecture_ = ARCHITECTURES::PPC64;
+      break;
+
     case ELF::ARCH::RISCV:
       hdr.architecture_ = ARCHITECTURES::RISCV;
       break;
@@ -248,8 +252,12 @@ Header Header::from(const MachO::Binary& macho) {
       hdr.architecture_ = ARCHITECTURES::MIPS;
       break;
 
-    case MachO::Header::CPU_TYPE::POWERPC:
     case MachO::Header::CPU_TYPE::POWERPC64:
+      hdr.architecture_ = ARCHITECTURES::PPC64;
+      hdr.endianness_ = ENDIANNESS::BIG;
+      break;
+
+    case MachO::Header::CPU_TYPE::POWERPC:
       hdr.architecture_ = ARCHITECTURES::PPC;
       hdr.endianness_ = ENDIANNESS::BIG;
       break;
@@ -319,6 +327,7 @@ const char* to_string(Header::ARCHITECTURES e) {
     ENTRY(XCORE),
     ENTRY(RISCV),
     ENTRY(LOONGARCH),
+    ENTRY(PPC64),
   };
   #undef ENTRY
   if (auto it = enums2str.find(e); it != enums2str.end()) {
diff --git a/tests/abstract/test_abstract.py b/tests/abstract/test_abstract.py
index 0695e8fc..df2023c8 100644
--- a/tests/abstract/test_abstract.py
+++ b/tests/abstract/test_abstract.py
@@ -115,3 +115,7 @@ def test_entropy():
 
     assert weird_section_0 >= 0
     assert weird_section_1 >= 0
+
+def test_issue_1217():
+    elf = lief.ELF.parse(get_sample("ELF/bitcoin_ppc_be"))
+    assert elf.abstract.header.architecture == lief.Header.ARCHITECTURES.PPC64