--- a/src/common/Cycles.h
+++ b/src/common/Cycles.h
@@ -32,6 +32,13 @@
 #ifndef CEPH_CYCLES_H
 #define CEPH_CYCLES_H
 
+#if not (defined(__i386__) || defined(__x86_64__) || defined(__amd64__) || \
+  defined(__aarch64__) || defined (__powerpc__) || defined (__powerpc64__))
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/syscall.h>
+#include <linux/perf_event.h>
+#endif
+
 /**
  * This class provides static methods that read the fine-grain CPU
  * cycle counter and translate between cycle-level times and absolute
@@ -72,8 +79,22 @@ class Cycles {
     uint64_t cntvct;
     asm volatile ("isb; mrs %0, cntvct_el0; isb; " : "=r" (cntvct) :: "memory");
     return cntvct;
+#elif defined(__powerpc__) || defined (__powerpc64__)
+    // Based on:
+    // https://github.com/randombit/botan/blob/net.randombit.botan/src/lib/entropy/hres_timer/hres_timer.cpp
+    uint32_t lo = 0, hi = 0;
+    asm volatile("mftbu %0; mftb %1" : "=r" (hi), "=r" (lo));
+    return (((uint64_t)hi << 32) | lo);
 #else
-#error No high-precision counter available for your OS/arch
+    // Fallback on linux perf for cpu cycles
+    static struct perf_event_attr attr;
+    attr.type = PERF_TYPE_HARDWARE;
+    attr.config = PERF_COUNT_HW_CPU_CYCLES;
+    fddev = syscall(__NR_perf_event_open, &attr, 0, -1, -1, 0);
+    uint64_t result = 0;
+    if (read(fddev, &result, sizeof(result)) < sizeof(result)) result = 0;
+    close(fddev);
+    return result;
 #endif
   }