diff --git a/libvirt/tests/src/virtual_network/iface_options.py b/libvirt/tests/src/virtual_network/iface_options.py
index adacc19f8a..5b8e93dc79 100644
--- a/libvirt/tests/src/virtual_network/iface_options.py
+++ b/libvirt/tests/src/virtual_network/iface_options.py
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ def run_cmdline_test(iface_mac, host_arch):
         :raise avocado.core.exceptions.TestFail: if commandline doesn't match
         :return: None
         """
-        cmd = ("ps -ef | grep %s | grep qemu-kvm | grep -v grep " % vm_name)
+        cmd = ("ps -ef | grep %s | grep %s | grep -v grep " % (vm_name, "qemu-system-ppc64" if host_arch == 'ppc64le' else "qemu-kvm"))
         ret = process.run(cmd, shell=True)
         logging.debug("Command line %s", ret.stdout_text)
         if test_vhost_net: