diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 6aafac5c8..f6ebc3860 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ services:
 
 stages:
   # order stages
+  - name: ppc64le
   - name: fedora
   - name: osx
   - name: precise
@@ -40,6 +41,37 @@ stages:
 
 jobs:
   include:
+  # ppc64le: "recent" systems with ICB
+  #   note: when you PR, docker-cp provides, in the container, the branch associated with the PR (not master where there's nothing new)
+  #         1. docker create --name mobydick IMAGE CMD        <=> create a container (= instance of image) but container is NOT yet started
+  #         2. docker cp -a ${TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR} mobydick:/tmp <=> copy git repository (CI worker, checkout-ed on PR branch) into the container
+  #                                                               note: docker-cp works only if copy from/to containers (not images)
+  #         3. docker start -a mobydick                       <=> start to run the container (initialized with docker-cp)
+  - stage: ppc64le
+    dist: bionic
+    script: |
+      sudo docker pull ppc64le/debian                                                                                   \
+      &&                                                                                                                \
+      sudo docker create --name mobydick ppc64le/debian /bin/bash -c                                                    \
+      "apt-get -y install build-essential                                                                            && \
+       apt-get -y install git gfortran gcc g++ openmpi-bin libopenmpi-dev automake autoconf libtool pkg-config       && \
+       apt-get -y install libblas-dev liblapack-dev libeigen3-dev                                                    && \
+       cd /tmp                                                                                                       && \
+       cd arpack-ng                                                                                                  && \
+       git status                                                                                                    && \
+       git log -2                                                                                                    && \
+       sed -e 's/LOG_FLAGS = /LOG_FLAGS = --allow-run-as-root --oversubscribe /' -i PARPACK/EXAMPLES/MPI/Makefile.am && \
+       sed -e 's/LOG_FLAGS = /LOG_FLAGS = --allow-run-as-root --oversubscribe /' -i PARPACK/TESTS/MPI/Makefile.am    && \
+       ./bootstrap                                                                                                   && \
+       ./configure --enable-mpi --enable-icb-exmm --disable-dependency-tracking                                      && \
+       export VERBOSE=1                                                                                              && \
+       make all                                                                                                      && \
+       make check                                                                                                     ; \
+       find . -name test-suite.log | xargs tail -n 300"                                                                 \
+      &&                                                                                                                \
+      sudo docker cp -a ${TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR} mobydick:/tmp                                                               \
+      &&                                                                                                                \
+      sudo docker start -a mobydick
   # fedora (released fedora with openmpi)
   - stage: fedora
     dist: bionic
diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 5c1a78421..ae132228b 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ arpack-ng - 3.8.0
  * [BUG FIX]: fix 'Unknown CMake command "check_symbol_exists".' when ICB=ON.
 
 [ Franck Houssen ]
+ * CI: Support for ppc64le added in automation.
  * arpackSolver/arpackmm: switch eigen version to 3.3.
  * [BUG FIX] fix arpackdef.h (resp. arpackicb.h) must be included only by C/C++ (resp. F77/F90).
  * [BUG FIX] iparam/ipntr sizes may change depending on cases.