diff --git a/.ci/ci-configure.sh b/.ci/ci-configure.sh
index cd7f9eb889..7eb59f7fbb 100755
--- a/.ci/ci-configure.sh
+++ b/.ci/ci-configure.sh
@@ -99,8 +99,18 @@ elif [ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" = "osx" ]; then
   travis_fold meson meson
   mkdir build && meson build -Dopengl=full -Decore-imf-loaders-disabler=scim,ibus -Dx11=false -Davahi=false -Deeze=false -Dsystemd=false -Dnls=false -Dcocoa=true -Dgstreamer=false
   travis_endfold meson
-else
-  travis_fold meson meson
-  mkdir build && meson build -Decore-imf-loaders-disabler=scim,ibus -Db_coverage=true
-  travis_endfold meson
+else # Native Ubuntu Linux Travis builds (non-docker)
+  OPTS=" -Decore-imf-loaders-disabler=scim,ibus"
+
+  if [ "$TRAVIS_CPU_ARCH" = "ppc64le" ]; then
+    travis_fold meson meson
+      OPTS="$OPTS -Dbindings="
+    travis_endfold meson
+  fi
+  if [ "$1" = "codecov" ]; then
+    travis_fold meson meson
+      OPTS="$OPTS -Db_coverage=true"
+    travis_endfold meson
+  fi
+  mkdir build && meson build $OPTS
 fi
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index f832f8778a..228ed3cafe 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -85,6 +85,10 @@ jobs:
       if: type = cron
       arch: arm64
       env: CI_BUILD_TYPE=default
+    - os: linux
+      if: type = cron
+      arch: ppc64le
+      env: CI_BUILD_TYPE=no-bindings
 
 services:
   - docker