diff --git a/elements/amphora-agent/package-installs.yaml b/elements/amphora-agent/package-installs.yaml
index 11a1f4b5c5..c312035ddb 100644
--- a/elements/amphora-agent/package-installs.yaml
+++ b/elements/amphora-agent/package-installs.yaml
@@ -10,7 +10,12 @@ python-dev:
   installtype: source
 
 acl:
+# Note: Red Hat family does not currently ship acpid for ppc64le.
+# This sets up a pkg-map to exclude it for Red Hat family ppc64le arch
+acpid-ppc64le:
+  arch: ppc64le, ppc64el
 acpid:
+  arch: i386, amd64, arm64, s390x
 apparmor:
 apt-transport-https:
 at:
diff --git a/elements/amphora-agent/pkg-map b/elements/amphora-agent/pkg-map
index 0f525163e6..f58bd7e126 100644
--- a/elements/amphora-agent/pkg-map
+++ b/elements/amphora-agent/pkg-map
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
   "family": {
     "redhat": {
       "amphora-agent": "openstack-octavia-amphora-agent",
+      "acpid-ppc64le": "",
       "netcat-openbsd": "nmap-ncat",
       "netbase": "",
       "cron": "",
@@ -43,6 +44,7 @@
   },
   "default": {
     "amphora-agent": "amphora-agent",
+    "acpid-ppc64le": "acpid",
     "network-scripts": ""
   }
 }