diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-and-test.yml b/.github/workflows/build-and-test.yml
index 5f164c796d..29d7eaab78 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-and-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-and-test.yml
@@ -57,6 +57,73 @@ jobs:
     - name: Test
       run: scripts/ci/gh-actions/run.sh test
 
+  linux_emu:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    env:
+      GH_YML_JOBNAME: ${{ matrix.jobname }}
+      GH_YML_OS: Linux
+
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        jobname: [
+          power8-el7-xl]
+        include:
+        - jobname: power8-el7-xl
+          container: ornladios/adios2:power8-el7-xl
+
+    steps:
+    - name: EmuSetup
+      run: |
+        docker run --rm --privileged multiarch/qemu-user-static:register --reset
+        bash -c "env | grep '^GITHUB'" > ${RUNNER_WORKSPACE}/github.env
+        echo "GH_YML_JOBNAME=${GH_YML_JOBNAME}" >> ${RUNNER_WORKSPACE}/github.env
+        echo "GH_YML_OS=${GH_YML_OS}" >> ${RUNNER_WORKSPACE}/github.env
+        cat ${RUNNER_WORKSPACE}/github.env
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      with:
+        ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}
+    - name: Setup
+      run:
+        docker run
+          -v ${RUNNER_WORKSPACE}:${RUNNER_WORKSPACE}
+          -w ${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}
+          --env-file ${RUNNER_WORKSPACE}/github.env
+          ${{ matrix.container }}
+          scripts/ci/gh-actions/linux-setup.sh
+    - name: Update
+      run:
+        docker run
+          -v ${RUNNER_WORKSPACE}:${RUNNER_WORKSPACE}
+          -w ${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}
+          --env-file ${RUNNER_WORKSPACE}/github.env
+          ${{ matrix.container }}
+          scripts/ci/gh-actions/run.sh update
+    - name: Configure
+      run:
+        docker run
+          -v ${RUNNER_WORKSPACE}:${RUNNER_WORKSPACE}
+          -w ${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}
+          --env-file ${RUNNER_WORKSPACE}/github.env
+          ${{ matrix.container }}
+          scripts/ci/gh-actions/run.sh configure
+    - name: Build
+      run:
+        docker run
+          -v ${RUNNER_WORKSPACE}:${RUNNER_WORKSPACE}
+          -w ${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}
+          --env-file ${RUNNER_WORKSPACE}/github.env
+          ${{ matrix.container }}
+          scripts/ci/gh-actions/run.sh build
+    - name: Test
+      run:
+        docker run
+          -v ${RUNNER_WORKSPACE}:${RUNNER_WORKSPACE}
+          -w ${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}
+          --env-file ${RUNNER_WORKSPACE}/github.env
+          ${{ matrix.container }}
+          scripts/ci/gh-actions/run.sh test
+
   macos:
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     env:
diff --git a/azure-pipelines.yml b/azure-pipelines.yml
index 6da6c5fad9..1776d2570f 100644
--- a/azure-pipelines.yml
+++ b/azure-pipelines.yml
@@ -76,6 +76,9 @@ jobs:
         containerResource: el7-intel-ohpc
       el7_intel_openmpi_ohpc:
         containerResource: el7-intel-openmpi-ohpc
+      power8-el7-xl:
+        containerResource: power8-el7-xl
+
   container: $[ variables['containerResource'] ]
   steps:
     - bash: scripts/ci/azure/linux-setup.sh
diff --git a/scripts/ci/cmake/ci-power8-el7-xl.cmake b/scripts/ci/cmake/ci-power8-el7-xl.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ab32d91874
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/ci/cmake/ci-power8-el7-xl.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+# Client maintainer: chuck.atkins@kitware.com
+
+set(ENV{CC}  xlc)
+set(ENV{CXX} xlc++)
+set(ENV{FC}  xlf)
+
+set(dashboard_cache "
+#ADIOS2_USE_BZip2:BOOL=ON
+#ADIOS2_USE_Blosc:BOOL=OFF
+#ADIOS2_USE_DataMan:BOOL=ON
+#ADIOS2_USE_Fortran:BOOL=ON
+ADIOS2_USE_HDF5:BOOL=ON
+ADIOS2_USE_MPI:BOOL=OFF
+#ADIOS2_USE_Python:BOOL=OFF
+#ADIOS2_USE_SZ:BOOL=ON
+#ADIOS2_USE_ZeroMQ:STRING=ON
+#ADIOS2_USE_ZFP:BOOL=ON
+")
+
+set(CTEST_CMAKE_GENERATOR "Unix Makefiles")
+list(APPEND CTEST_UPDATE_NOTES_FILES "${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_FILE}")
+include(${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/ci-common.cmake)
diff --git a/scripts/ci/images/cross-el7-base/Dockerfile b/scripts/ci/images/cross-el7-base/Dockerfile
index d1e8147d01..4428eab4cc 100644
--- a/scripts/ci/images/cross-el7-base/Dockerfile
+++ b/scripts/ci/images/cross-el7-base/Dockerfile
@@ -1,11 +1,18 @@
-ARG SYSTEM_ARCH_FROM=x86_64
-ARG SYSTEM_ARCH_TO=ppc64le
-ARG DOCKER_ARCH_TO=ppc64le
-FROM multiarch/qemu-user-static:${SYSTEM_ARCH_FROM}-${SYSTEM_ARCH_TO} as qemu
-FROM ${DOCKER_ARCH_TO}/centos:centos7
+# Start from the correct base image.  This needs to be a separate argument
+# from SYSTEM_ARCH_TARGET since the arch names used by dockerhub are sometimes
+# different, i.e. arm64v8 vs aarch64
+ARG DOCKER_ARCH_TARGET=ppc64le
+ARG SYSTEM_ARCH_HOST=x86_64
+ARG SYSTEM_ARCH_TARGET=ppc64le
+FROM multiarch/qemu-user-static:${SYSTEM_ARCH_HOST}-${SYSTEM_ARCH_TARGET} as qemu
+FROM ${DOCKER_ARCH_TARGET}/centos:centos7
 
-ARG SYSTEM_ARCH_TO=ppc64le
-COPY --from=qemu /usr/bin/qemu-${SYSTEM_ARCH_TO}-static /usr/bin
+ARG SYSTEM_ARCH_TARGET=ppc64le
+COPY --from=qemu /usr/bin/qemu-${SYSTEM_ARCH_TARGET}-static /usr/bin/qemu-${SYSTEM_ARCH_TARGET}-static
+
+# Bake in the CPU setting
+ARG SYSTEM_TARGET_CPU
+ENV QEMU_CPU=${SYSTEM_TARGET_CPU}
 
 # Install core dev packages
 RUN yum upgrade -y && \