diff --git a/features.in/syslinux/config.mk b/features.in/syslinux/config.mk
index 420a9cea..76655e0d 100644
--- a/features.in/syslinux/config.mk
+++ b/features.in/syslinux/config.mk
@@ -1,25 +1,35 @@
 # default is plain text prompt
 # NB: might be usbflash-ready hybrid iso
-ifeq (,$(filter-out i586 x86_64,$(ARCH)))
+
+# on ppc64le syslinux feature is used only to generate config
+# (it's converted into grub.cfg later)
+ifeq (,$(filter-out i586 x86_64 ppc64le,$(ARCH)))
+
 use/syslinux: sub/stage1 $(ISOHYBRID:%=use/isohybrid)
 	@$(call add_feature)
+ifeq (,$(filter-out i586 x86_64,$(ARCH)))
 	@$(call add,STAGE1_PACKAGES,syslinux)
-	@$(call try,META_SYSTEM_ID,SYSLINUX)
 	@$(call try,BOOTVGA,normal)
+endif
+	@$(call try,META_SYSTEM_ID,SYSLINUX)
 	@$(call set,RELNAME,ALT ($(IMAGE_NAME)))
 	@$(call set,IMAGE_PACKTYPE,boot)
 else
+
 use/syslinux: ; @:
+
 endif
 
+ifeq (,$(filter-out i586 x86_64,$(ARCH)))
 # UI is overwritten
 use/syslinux/ui/%: use/syslinux
 	@$(call set,SYSLINUX_UI,$*)
-ifeq (,$(filter-out i586 x86_64,$(ARCH)))
 	@if [ "$*" == gfxboot ]; then \
 		$(call add,STAGE1_PACKAGES,gfxboot); \
 		$(call add,STAGE1_BRANDING,bootloader); \
 	fi
+else
+use/syslinux/ui/%: use/syslinux; @:
 endif
 
 # modules and config snippets just add up
@@ -29,5 +39,9 @@ use/syslinux/%.com use/syslinux/%.c32: use/syslinux
 use/syslinux/%.cfg: use/syslinux
 	@$(call add,SYSLINUX_CFG,$*)
 
+ifeq (,$(filter-out ppc64le,$(ARCH)))
+use/syslinux/localboot.cfg use/syslinux/removable.cfg use/syslinux/lateboot.cfg use/syslinux/sdab.cfg: use/syslinux; @:
+endif
+
 use/syslinux/timeout/%: use/syslinux
 	@$(call set,SYSLINUX_TIMEOUT,$*)
diff --git a/features.in/syslinux/scripts.d/20-propagator-ramdisk b/features.in/syslinux/scripts.d/20-propagator-ramdisk
index 525512a0..8e3f5bb2 100755
--- a/features.in/syslinux/scripts.d/20-propagator-ramdisk
+++ b/features.in/syslinux/scripts.d/20-propagator-ramdisk
@@ -5,10 +5,16 @@
 
 cd "$WORKDIR"
 
+cfgs="$(find syslinux boot/grub -name '*.cfg')"
+[ -n "$cfgs" ] || {
+	echo "${0##*/}: did not find any config under /syslinux or /boot/grub" >&2
+	exit 1
+}
+
 # apply size census while looking for potential squashfs images
 find -maxdepth 1 -type f -size +1M \
 | sed 's,^\./,,' \
 | while read image; do
 	size="$[ $(stat -c%s "$image") / 1024 + 1 ]"
-	sed -i "s,@${image}_size@,$size," syslinux/*.cfg
+	sed -i "s,@${image}_size@,$size," $cfgs
 done
diff --git a/features.in/syslinux/stage1/scripts.d/01-syslinux b/features.in/syslinux/stage1/scripts.d/01-syslinux
index e9390715..d61b0da5 100755
--- a/features.in/syslinux/stage1/scripts.d/01-syslinux
+++ b/features.in/syslinux/stage1/scripts.d/01-syslinux
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ cd "$WORKDIR/syslinux"
 
 # validate just in case (see also stage1 Makefile)
 case "$GLOBAL_BOOTLOADER" in
-	isolinux|syslinux) ;;
+	isolinux|syslinux|ieee1275boot) ;;
 	*) echo "error: weird GLOBAL_BOOTLOADER: \`$GLOBAL_BOOTLOADER'" >&2;
 	   exit 1;;
 esac