diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/arch-specific-package-locations-e76512288aaf6fa0.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/arch-specific-package-locations-e76512288aaf6fa0.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..feac5909
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/arch-specific-package-locations-e76512288aaf6fa0.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+---
+fixes:
+  - Add architecture-specific locations for percona-xtrabackup and qpress,
+    with alternate locations provided for ppc64el due to package inavailability
+    from the current provider.
+issues:
+  - Deployments on ppc64le are limited to Ubuntu 16.04 for the Newton
+    release of OpenStack-Ansible.
diff --git a/vars/redhat-7.yml b/vars/redhat-7.yml
index bbd0f8f3..848d2954 100644
--- a/vars/redhat-7.yml
+++ b/vars/redhat-7.yml
@@ -61,14 +61,24 @@ galera_server_percona_distro_packages:
   - percona-xtrabackup
 
 percona_package_download_validate_certs: "yes"
-percona_package_url: "https://www.percona.com/downloads/XtraBackup/Percona-XtraBackup-2.2.13/binary/redhat/7/x86_64/percona-xtrabackup-22-2.2.13-1.el7.x86_64.rpm"
-percona_package_sha256: "030585abb52b24a781641374fe7c4530518b176a10ed4eb75547803b6b1f60e4"
+percona_package_url: "{{ percona_arch_url.get( hostvars[physical_host]['ansible_architecture'] | lower ) }}"
+percona_package_sha256: "{{ percona_arch_sha256.get( hostvars[physical_host]['ansible_architecture'] | lower ) }}"
 percona_package_path: "/opt/{{ percona_package_url | basename }}"
 
+percona_arch_url:
+  x86_64: "https://www.percona.com/downloads/XtraBackup/Percona-XtraBackup-2.2.13/binary/redhat/7/x86_64/percona-xtrabackup-22-2.2.13-1.el7.x86_64.rpm"
+percona_arch_sha256:
+  x86_64: "030585abb52b24a781641374fe7c4530518b176a10ed4eb75547803b6b1f60e4"
+
 qpress_package_download_validate_certs: yes
-qpress_package_url: https://repo.percona.com/centos/7/RPMS/x86_64/qpress-11-1.el7.x86_64.rpm
-qpress_package_sha256: "d6b6b7ca3a5ad4baea34975743106ac54ac746b3e6497d59bce55765d604b697"
+qpress_package_url: "{{ qpress_arch_url.get( hostvars[physical_host]['ansible_architecture'] | lower ) }}"
+qpress_package_sha256: "{{ qpress_arch_sha256.get( hostvars[physical_host]['ansible_architecture'] | lower ) }}"
 qpress_package_path: "/opt/{{ qpress_package_url | basename }}"
 
+qpress_arch_url:
+  x86_64: "https://repo.percona.com/centos/7/RPMS/x86_64/qpress-11-1.el7.x86_64.rpm"
+qpress_arch_sha256:
+  x86_64: "d6b6b7ca3a5ad4baea34975743106ac54ac746b3e6497d59bce55765d604b697"
+
 use_percona_upstream: yes
 using_mysql_init: yes
diff --git a/vars/ubuntu-14.04.yml b/vars/ubuntu-14.04.yml
index f44a64b7..00ece59a 100644
--- a/vars/ubuntu-14.04.yml
+++ b/vars/ubuntu-14.04.yml
@@ -74,15 +74,25 @@ galera_server_percona_distro_packages:
 # Validate SSL certificates when downloading the galera deb above
 # May be set to "no" when proxy server is intercepting the certificates.
 percona_package_download_validate_certs: "yes"
-percona_package_url: "https://www.percona.com/downloads/XtraBackup/Percona-XtraBackup-2.2.13/binary/debian/trusty/x86_64/percona-xtrabackup-22_2.2.13-1.trusty_amd64.deb"
-percona_package_sha256: "2f58eedefa905583f0650f77bb2b149139c4066c7fb690202124fe5c7ac83e9e"
+percona_package_url: "{{ percona_arch_url.get( hostvars[physical_host]['ansible_architecture'] | lower ) }}"
+percona_package_sha256: "{{ percona_arch_sha256.get( hostvars[physical_host]['ansible_architecture'] | lower ) }}"
 percona_package_path: "/opt/{{ percona_package_url | basename }}"
 
+percona_arch_url:
+  x86_64: "https://www.percona.com/downloads/XtraBackup/Percona-XtraBackup-2.2.13/binary/debian/trusty/x86_64/percona-xtrabackup-22_2.2.13-1.trusty_amd64.deb"
+percona_arch_sha256:
+  x86_64: "2f58eedefa905583f0650f77bb2b149139c4066c7fb690202124fe5c7ac83e9e"
+
 qpress_package_download_validate_certs: yes
-qpress_package_url: https://repo.percona.com/apt/pool/main/q/qpress/qpress_11-1.trusty_amd64.deb
-qpress_package_sha256: "21e2f4466a1dffd6281d01d0b29388e2a2f0f9c6ba9538b128c34af61b2a4e12"
+qpress_package_url: "{{ qpress_arch_url.get( hostvars[physical_host]['ansible_architecture'] | lower ) }}"
+qpress_package_sha256: "{{ qpress_arch_sha256.get( hostvars[physical_host]['ansible_architecture'] | lower ) }}"
 qpress_package_path: "/opt/{{ qpress_package_url | basename }}"
 
+qpress_arch_url:
+  x86_64: "https://repo.percona.com/apt/pool/main/q/qpress/qpress_11-1.trusty_amd64.deb"
+qpress_arch_sha256:
+  x86_64: "21e2f4466a1dffd6281d01d0b29388e2a2f0f9c6ba9538b128c34af61b2a4e12"
+
 # Repositories
 galera_percona_xtrabackup_repo_url: "http://repo.percona.com/apt"
 galera_percona_xtrabackup_repo:
diff --git a/vars/ubuntu-16.04.yml b/vars/ubuntu-16.04.yml
index 7c16d49e..bf355dd3 100644
--- a/vars/ubuntu-16.04.yml
+++ b/vars/ubuntu-16.04.yml
@@ -73,16 +73,30 @@ galera_server_percona_distro_packages:
 
 # Validate SSL certificates when downloading the galera deb above
 # May be set to "no" when proxy server is intercepting the certificates.
-percona_package_download_validate_certs: "yes"
-percona_package_url: "https://www.percona.com/downloads/XtraBackup/Percona-XtraBackup-2.2.13/binary/debian/vivid/x86_64/percona-xtrabackup-22_2.2.13-1.vivid_amd64.deb"
-percona_package_sha256: "3e3b15b2b261da004f7c4419ae427af9ec5707b40be1effe22a0142311c51856"
+percona_package_download_validate_certs: yes
+percona_package_url: "{{ percona_arch_url.get( hostvars[physical_host]['ansible_architecture'] | lower ) }}"
+percona_package_sha256: "{{ percona_arch_sha256.get( hostvars[physical_host]['ansible_architecture'] | lower ) }}"
 percona_package_path: "/opt/{{ percona_package_url | basename }}"
 
+percona_arch_url:
+  x86_64: "https://www.percona.com/downloads/XtraBackup/Percona-XtraBackup-2.2.13/binary/debian/vivid/x86_64/percona-xtrabackup-22_2.2.13-1.vivid_amd64.deb"
+  ppc64le: "http://public.dhe.ibm.com/systems/virtualization/Novalink/misc/percona-xtrabackup/percona-xtrabackup-22_2.2.13-1_ppc64el.deb"
+percona_arch_sha256:
+  x86_64: "3e3b15b2b261da004f7c4419ae427af9ec5707b40be1effe22a0142311c51856"
+  ppc64le: "902969b427a36743f5af1e399ff19b3904c3803d760700f959c8cc9102ab802c"
+
 qpress_package_download_validate_certs: yes
-qpress_package_url: https://repo.percona.com/apt/pool/main/q/qpress/qpress_11-1.xenial_amd64.deb
-qpress_package_sha256: "c615ec08eb38a9cb59541ae1d7ed42db35e92513735834b48d30d4c485e01534"
+qpress_package_url: "{{ qpress_arch_url.get( hostvars[physical_host]['ansible_architecture'] | lower ) }}"
+qpress_package_sha256: "{{ qpress_arch_sha256.get( hostvars[physical_host]['ansible_architecture'] | lower ) }}"
 qpress_package_path: "/opt/{{ qpress_package_url | basename }}"
 
+qpress_arch_url:
+  x86_64: "https://repo.percona.com/apt/pool/main/q/qpress/qpress_11-1.xenial_amd64.deb"
+  ppc64le: "http://public.dhe.ibm.com/systems/virtualization/Novalink/misc/qpress/qpress_11-1_ppc64el.deb"
+qpress_arch_sha256:
+  x86_64: "c615ec08eb38a9cb59541ae1d7ed42db35e92513735834b48d30d4c485e01534"
+  ppc64le: "a31d3e00dbcec9b3f98eae82b261d054d0b80a57f4a38967d0e953811cb082f3"
+
 # Repositories
 # TODO: update this to xenial if the repo ever gets created.
 galera_percona_xtrabackup_repo_url: "http://repo.percona.com/apt"