diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 3b1babc33..f5e206ef6 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 3.9)
-project (Qrack VERSION 9.9.17 DESCRIPTION "High Performance Quantum Bit Simulation" LANGUAGES CXX)
+project (Qrack VERSION 9.9.19 DESCRIPTION "High Performance Quantum Bit Simulation" LANGUAGES CXX)
 
 # Installation commands
 include (GNUInstallDirs)
diff --git a/cmake/OpenCL.cmake b/cmake/OpenCL.cmake
index c217a492c..e001fcf26 100644
--- a/cmake/OpenCL.cmake
+++ b/cmake/OpenCL.cmake
@@ -29,6 +29,10 @@ if (NOT OpenCL_FOUND)
     endif()
 endif ()
 
+if (PACK_DEBIAN AND CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR MATCHES "^ppc")
+    set (ENABLE_OPENCL OFF)
+endif (PACK_DEBIAN AND CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR MATCHES "^ppc")
+
 message ("OpenCL Support is: ${ENABLE_OPENCL}")
 
 if (ENABLE_OPENCL)
@@ -105,7 +109,7 @@ if (ENABLE_OPENCL)
         src/qunitmulti.cpp
         )
 
-    if (APPLE OR ${CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR} MATCHES "^ppc")
+    if (APPLE OR CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR MATCHES "^ppc")
         include(FetchContent)
         FetchContent_Declare (OpenCL-Headers
             GIT_REPOSITORY https://github.com/KhronosGroup/OpenCL-Headers
@@ -121,6 +125,6 @@ if (ENABLE_OPENCL)
         )
         FetchContent_MakeAvailable(OpenCL-Headers OpenCL-ICD-Loader OpenCL-CLHPP)
         target_include_directories (qrack PUBLIC ${CMAKE_BIN_DIR}/_deps/opencl-headers-src/ ${CMAKE_BIN_DIR}/_deps/opencl-clhpp-src/include/)
-    endif (APPLE OR ${CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR} MATCHES "^ppc")
+    endif (APPLE OR CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR MATCHES "^ppc")
 
 endif (ENABLE_OPENCL)
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 129d693da..e3aab886b 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+libqrack (9.9.19) noble; urgency=medium
+
+  * Various optimizations; PowerPC fix (Noble 1/4)
+
+ -- Daniel Strano <dan@unitary.fund>  Tue, 27 Aug 2024 19:53:20 -0400
+
 libqrack (9.9.16) bionic; urgency=medium
 
   * QUnitStateVector and QEngineOCL debugging (Bionic 4/4)