diff --git a/nova/tests/unit/virt/libvirt/test_driver.py b/nova/tests/unit/virt/libvirt/test_driver.py
index 48493ef5e1ff..6b3aaaba3ba7 100644
--- a/nova/tests/unit/virt/libvirt/test_driver.py
+++ b/nova/tests/unit/virt/libvirt/test_driver.py
@@ -1584,6 +1584,19 @@ class LibvirtConnTestCase(test.NoDBTestCase):
             exception.NUMATopologyUnsupported,
             None)
 
+    def test_get_guest_config_numa_old_version_libvirt_ppc(self):
+        self.flags(virt_type='kvm', group='libvirt')
+
+        self._test_get_guest_config_numa_unsupported(
+            versionutils.convert_version_to_int(
+                libvirt_driver.MIN_LIBVIRT_NUMA_VERSION_PPC) - 1,
+            versionutils.convert_version_to_int(
+                libvirt_driver.MIN_QEMU_NUMA_HUGEPAGE_VERSION),
+            host.HV_DRIVER_QEMU,
+            arch.PPC64LE,
+            exception.NUMATopologyUnsupported,
+            None)
+
     def test_get_guest_config_numa_bad_version_libvirt(self):
         self.flags(virt_type='kvm', group='libvirt')
 
@@ -1633,13 +1646,12 @@ class LibvirtConnTestCase(test.NoDBTestCase):
             versionutils.convert_version_to_int(
                 libvirt_driver.MIN_QEMU_NUMA_HUGEPAGE_VERSION),
             host.HV_DRIVER_QEMU,
-            arch.PPC64,
+            arch.S390,
             exception.NUMATopologyUnsupported,
             None)
 
     def test_get_guest_config_numa_xen(self):
         self.flags(virt_type='xen', group='libvirt')
-
         self._test_get_guest_config_numa_unsupported(
             versionutils.convert_version_to_int(
                 libvirt_driver.MIN_LIBVIRT_NUMA_VERSION),
diff --git a/nova/virt/libvirt/driver.py b/nova/virt/libvirt/driver.py
index d551cf242e02..e184cda64bcf 100644
--- a/nova/virt/libvirt/driver.py
+++ b/nova/virt/libvirt/driver.py
@@ -381,6 +381,8 @@ MIN_QEMU_DISCARD_VERSION = (1, 6, 0)
 # this the scheduler cannot make guaranteed decisions, as the
 # guest placement may not match what was requested
 MIN_LIBVIRT_NUMA_VERSION = (1, 2, 7)
+# PowerPC based hosts that support NUMA using libvirt
+MIN_LIBVIRT_NUMA_VERSION_PPC = (1, 2, 19)
 # Versions of libvirt with known NUMA topology issues
 # See bug #1449028
 BAD_LIBVIRT_NUMA_VERSIONS = [(1, 2, 9, 2)]
@@ -4912,13 +4914,18 @@ class LibvirtDriver(driver.ComputeDriver):
                     self._bad_libvirt_numa_version_warn = True
                 return False
 
-        supported_archs = [arch.I686, arch.X86_64]
+        support_matrix = {(arch.I686, arch.X86_64): MIN_LIBVIRT_NUMA_VERSION,
+                          (arch.PPC64,
+                           arch.PPC64LE): MIN_LIBVIRT_NUMA_VERSION_PPC}
         caps = self._host.get_capabilities()
-
-        return ((caps.host.cpu.arch in supported_archs) and
-                self._host.has_min_version(MIN_LIBVIRT_NUMA_VERSION,
-                                           MIN_QEMU_NUMA_HUGEPAGE_VERSION,
-                                           host.HV_DRIVER_QEMU))
+        is_supported = False
+        for archs, libvirt_ver in support_matrix.items():
+            if ((caps.host.cpu.arch in archs) and
+                    self._host.has_min_version(libvirt_ver,
+                                               MIN_QEMU_NUMA_HUGEPAGE_VERSION,
+                                               host.HV_DRIVER_QEMU)):
+                is_supported = True
+        return is_supported
 
     def _has_hugepage_support(self):
         # This means that the host can support multiple values for the size
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/1516578-628b417b372f4f0f.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/1516578-628b417b372f4f0f.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0568cef6de34
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/1516578-628b417b372f4f0f.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+---
+features:
+  - |
+    Enables NUMA topology reporting on PowerPC architecture
+    from the libvirt driver in Nova but with a caveat as mentioned below.
+    NUMA cell affinity and dedicated cpu pinning
+    code assumes that the host operating system is exposed to threads.
+    PowerPC based hosts use core based scheduling for processes.
+    Due to this, the cores on the PowerPC architecture are treated as
+    threads. Since cores are always less than or equal
+    to the threads on a system, this leads to non-optimal resource usage
+    while pinning. This feature is supported from libvirt version 1.2.19
+    for PowerPC.
+