diff --git a/build_container/build_container_common.sh b/build_container/build_container_common.sh
index 85b8236a..80a6c259 100755
--- a/build_container/build_container_common.sh
+++ b/build_container/build_container_common.sh
@@ -11,21 +11,34 @@ function download_and_check () {
 
 function install_gn(){
   # Install gn tools which will be used for building wee8
+  # amd64 & arm64 install binary, else compile from source
   case "$(uname -m)" in
   "x86_64")
     GN_ARCH=amd64
+    wget -O gntool.zip "https://chrome-infra-packages.appspot.com/dl/gn/gn/linux-${GN_ARCH}/+/latest"
+    unzip gntool.zip -d gntool
+    cp gntool/gn /usr/local/bin/gn
+    chmod +x /usr/local/bin/gn
+    rm -rf gntool*
     ;;
 
   "aarch64")
     GN_ARCH=arm64
+    wget -O gntool.zip "https://chrome-infra-packages.appspot.com/dl/gn/gn/linux-${GN_ARCH}/+/latest"
+    unzip gntool.zip -d gntool
+    cp gntool/gn /usr/local/bin/gn
+    chmod +x /usr/local/bin/gn
+    rm -rf gntool*
+    ;;
+
+  "ppc64le")
+    git clone https://gn.googlesource.com/gn && cd gn
+    CC=/opt/llvm/bin/clang CXX=/opt/llvm/bin/clang++ python3 build/gen.py && \
+    ninja -C out && \
+    ln -sf out/gn /usr/local/bin/gn
     ;;
-  esac
 
-  wget -O gntool.zip "https://chrome-infra-packages.appspot.com/dl/gn/gn/linux-${GN_ARCH}/+/latest"
-  unzip gntool.zip -d gntool
-  cp gntool/gn /usr/local/bin/gn
-  chmod +x /usr/local/bin/gn
-  rm -rf gntool*
+  esac
 }
 
 if [[ "$(uname -m)" == "x86_64" ]]; then
diff --git a/build_container/build_container_ubuntu.sh b/build_container/build_container_ubuntu.sh
index eb844d0e..d8b7f719 100755
--- a/build_container/build_container_ubuntu.sh
+++ b/build_container/build_container_ubuntu.sh
@@ -20,17 +20,7 @@ curl https://packages.cloud.google.com/apt/doc/apt-key.gpg | \
 
 # docker-ce-cli
 curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu/gpg | apt-key add -
-case $ARCH in
-    'ppc64le' )
-        add-apt-repository "deb [arch=ppc64le] https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu $(lsb_release -cs) stable"
-        ;;
-    'x86_64' )
-        add-apt-repository "deb [arch=amd64] https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu $(lsb_release -cs) stable"
-        ;;
-    'aarch64' )
-        add-apt-repository "deb [arch=arm64] https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu $(lsb_release -cs) stable"
-        ;;
-esac
+add-apt-repository "deb [arch=$(dpkg --print-architecture)] https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu $(lsb_release -cs) stable"
 
 # CMake
 curl -fsSL https://apt.kitware.com/keys/kitware-archive-latest.asc | apt-key add -
@@ -53,11 +43,11 @@ PACKAGES=(
     gdb
     git
     gnupg2
-    google-cloud-sdk
     graphviz
     jq
     libffi-dev
     libncurses-dev
+    libtinfo5
     libtool
     make
     ninja-build
@@ -78,6 +68,10 @@ PACKAGES=(
     xz-utils
     zip)
 
+if [[ "${ARCH}" == "x86_64" || "${ARCH}" == "aarch64" ]]; then
+  PACKAGES+=("google-cloud-sdk")
+fi
+
 apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends "${PACKAGES[@]}"
 
 # Set LLVM version for each cpu architecture.
@@ -94,16 +88,15 @@ case $ARCH in
     'aarch64' )
         LLVM_DISTRO=aarch64-linux-gnu
         LLVM_SHA256SUM=1792badcd44066c79148ffeb1746058422cc9d838462be07e3cb19a4b724a1ee
-        apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends libtinfo5 # LLVM dependencies on Ubuntu 20.04
         ;;
 esac
 
 # Bazel and related dependencies.
 case $ARCH in
     'ppc64le' )
-        BAZEL_LATEST="$(curl https://oplab9.parqtec.unicamp.br/pub/ppc64el/bazel/ubuntu_16.04/latest/ 2>&1 \
+        BAZEL_LATEST="$(curl https://oplab9.parqtec.unicamp.br/pub/ppc64el/bazel/ubuntu_$(lsb_release -r | awk '{print $2}')/latest/ 2>&1 \
           | sed -n 's/.*href="\([^"]*\).*/\1/p' | grep '^bazel' | head -n 1)"
-        curl -fSL https://oplab9.parqtec.unicamp.br/pub/ppc64el/bazel/ubuntu_16.04/latest/${BAZEL_LATEST} \
+        curl -fSL https://oplab9.parqtec.unicamp.br/pub/ppc64el/bazel/ubuntu_$(lsb_release -r | awk '{print $2}')/latest/${BAZEL_LATEST} \
           -o /usr/local/bin/bazel
         chmod +x /usr/local/bin/bazel
         ;;
@@ -132,6 +125,7 @@ pip3 install -U pyyaml virtualenv
 source ./build_container_common.sh
 
 # Soft link the gcc compiler (required by python env)
+ARCH=${ARCH/ppc64le/powerpc64le} # For ppc64le the ARCH variable must be renamed accordingly
 update-alternatives --install "/usr/bin/${ARCH}-linux-gnu-gcc" "${ARCH}-linux-gnu-gcc" "/usr/bin/${ARCH}-linux-gnu-gcc-9" 1
 
 apt-get clean
diff --git a/build_container/docker_build_linux.sh b/build_container/docker_build_linux.sh
index bd9094b3..303cd724 100755
--- a/build_container/docker_build_linux.sh
+++ b/build_container/docker_build_linux.sh
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ config_env() {
 
 if [[ -z "${BUILD_TOOLS_PLATFORMS}" ]]; then
   if [[ "${OS_DISTRO}" == "ubuntu" ]]; then
-    export BUILD_TOOLS_PLATFORMS=linux/arm64,linux/amd64
+    export BUILD_TOOLS_PLATFORMS=linux/arm64,linux/amd64,linux/ppc64le
   else
     export BUILD_TOOLS_PLATFORMS=linux/amd64
   fi