diff --git a/math/scilab/files/patch-bin_scilab b/math/scilab/files/patch-bin_scilab
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..08ffb8578f9d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/math/scilab/files/patch-bin_scilab
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+--- bin/scilab.orig	2020-02-25 10:59:42.000000000 +0100
++++ bin/scilab	2021-01-25 02:36:29.251977000 +0100
+@@ -184,7 +187,7 @@
+         OS=$(uname -s) # Retrieve the Operating System
+     fi
+     if test "${MODEL}" = ""; then
+-        MODEL=$(uname -m) # Retrieve the model
++        MODEL=$(uname -p) # Retrieve the model
+     fi
+ 
+     if test $SCIVERBOSE -ne 0; then
+@@ -622,7 +625,20 @@
+                     set_macosx_java_vm
+                     ;;
+                 *FreeBSD*)
+-                    proc=$MODEL
++                    case $MODEL in
++                        "powerpc")
++                            proc="ppc"
++                            ;;
++                        "powerpc64")
++                            proc="ppc64"
++                            ;;
++                        "powerpc64le")
++                            proc="ppc64le"
++                            ;;
++			*)
++                    	    proc=$MODEL
++			    ;;
++		    esac
+                     ;;
+                 *)
+                     echo "Could not find the Java configuration for the OS <${OS}>. Please contact us or submit a bug report with your detailed configuration http://bugzilla.scilab.org/"
diff --git a/math/scilab/files/patch-configure b/math/scilab/files/patch-configure
index e62769947c7e..0a2e5e1c7d3d 100644
--- a/math/scilab/files/patch-configure
+++ b/math/scilab/files/patch-configure
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
  IS_64_BITS_CPU=false
  case "$host" in
 -         x86_64-*-linux-gnu | x86_64-linux-gnu | ia64-*-linux-gnu | alpha-*-linux-gnu | alpha-*-netbsd* | x86_64-*-netbsd* | sparc64-*-netbsd*)
-+         x86_64-*-linux-gnu | x86_64-linux-gnu | ia64-*-linux-gnu | alpha-*-linux-gnu | alpha-*-netbsd* | x86_64-*-netbsd* | sparc64-*-netbsd* | amd64-*-freebsd* )
++         x86_64-*-linux-gnu | x86_64-linux-gnu | ia64-*-linux-gnu | alpha-*-linux-gnu | alpha-*-netbsd* | x86_64-*-netbsd* | sparc64-*-netbsd* | amd64-*-freebsd* | powerpc64*-*-freebsd*)
                  IS_64_BITS_CPU=true
      ;;
  esac
@@ -27,3 +27,25 @@
     ## With GNU Compiler
  
     # enable the code coverage
+@@ -13126,7 +13126,7 @@
+              ;;
+              *)
+
+-    machine=`uname -m`
++    machine=`uname -p`
+     case "$machine" in
+         i?86)
+           machine=i386
+@@ -13142,10 +13142,10 @@
+         powerpc)
+           machine=ppc
+           ;;
+-        ppc64le)
++        powerpc64le|ppc64le)
+           machine=ppc64le
+           ;;
+-        ppc64)
++        powerpc64|ppc64)
+           machine=ppc64
+           ;;
+         armv*)