diff --git a/srcpkgs/elasticsearch/template b/srcpkgs/elasticsearch/template
index 5e850fd18ee..a149578d682 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/elasticsearch/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/elasticsearch/template
@@ -3,7 +3,11 @@ pkgname=elasticsearch
 version=5.1.2
 revision=2
 wrksrc="elasticsearch-${version}"
-archs="i686 x86_64"
+# The only native part is libjnidispatch.so inside jna-*.jar, which is supplied
+# only for a few archs, namely arm (armv6l and better), aarch64, ppc64le, x86,
+# and x86_64; ppc64 is also supplied but elfv1 only, and all only for glibc.
+# We could recompile this, but someone would need to add code to do that.
+archs="i686 x86_64 aarch64 armv6l armv7l ppc64le"
 depends="virtual?java-runtime"
 short_desc="A distributed, open source search and analytics engine"
 maintainer="dota? =op <rogi@skylittlesystem.org>"