diff --git a/libnozzle/tests/api-test-coverage b/libnozzle/tests/api-test-coverage
index c68f862b..06a61439 100755
--- a/libnozzle/tests/api-test-coverage
+++ b/libnozzle/tests/api-test-coverage
@@ -1,49 +1,52 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 #
 # Copyright (C) 2016-2018 Red Hat, Inc.  All rights reserved.
 #
 # Author: Fabio M. Di Nitto <fabbione@kronosnet.org>
 #
 # This software licensed under GPL-2.0+, LGPL-2.0+
 #
 
 srcdir="$1"/libnozzle
 builddir="$2"/libnozzle
 
 headerapicalls="$(grep nozzle_ "$srcdir"/libnozzle.h | grep -v "^ \*" | grep -v ^struct | grep -v "^[[:space:]]" | grep -v typedef | sed -e 's/(.*//g' -e 's/^const //g' -e 's/\*//g' | awk '{print $2}')"
 
-exportedapicalls="$(nm -B -D "$builddir"/.libs/libnozzle.so | grep ' T ' | awk '{print $3}')"
+# The PowerPC64 ELFv1 ABI defines the address of a function as that of a
+# function descriptor defined in .opd, a data (D) section.  Other ABIs
+# use the entry address of the function itself in the text (T) section.
+exportedapicalls="$(nm -B -D "$builddir"/.libs/libnozzle.so | grep ' [DT] ' | awk '{print $3}')"
 
 echo "Checking for exported symbols NOT available in header file"
 
 for i in $exportedapicalls; do
 	found=0
 	for x in $headerapicalls; do
 		if [ "$x" = "$i" ]; then
 			found=1
 			break;
 		fi
 	done
 	if [ "$found" = 0 ]; then
 		echo "Symbol $i not found in header file"
 		exit 1
 	fi
 done
 
 echo "Checking for symbols in header file NOT exported by binary lib"
 
 for i in $headerapicalls; do
 	found=0
 	for x in $exportedapicalls; do
 		if [ "$x" = "$i" ]; then
 			found=1
 			break;
 		fi
 	done
 	if [ "$found" = 0 ]; then
 		echo "Symbol $i not found in binary lib"
 		exit 1
 	fi
 done
 
 exit 0