diff --git a/Make.inc b/Make.inc
index 3b0b2748d1a03..621da0898e33c 100644
--- a/Make.inc
+++ b/Make.inc
@@ -640,7 +640,7 @@ endif
 # If we are running on powerpc64le or ppc64le, set certain options automatically
 ifneq (,$(filter $(ARCH), powerpc64le ppc64le))
 JCFLAGS += -fsigned-char
-override LLVM_VER:=3.8.1
+override LLVM_VER:=3.9.0
 override OPENBLAS_DYNAMIC_ARCH:=0
 override OPENBLAS_TARGET_ARCH:=POWER8
 # GCC doesn't do -march= on ppc64le