diff --git a/jupyter/minimal/ubi9-python-3.12/Dockerfile.cpu b/jupyter/minimal/ubi9-python-3.12/Dockerfile.cpu
index 3b0030be1c..8cf803cce0 100644
--- a/jupyter/minimal/ubi9-python-3.12/Dockerfile.cpu
+++ b/jupyter/minimal/ubi9-python-3.12/Dockerfile.cpu
@@ -6,6 +6,24 @@ ARG BASE_IMAGE
 # External image alias for UBI repository configuration
 FROM registry.access.redhat.com/ubi9/ubi AS ubi-repos
 
+############################
+# Stage 1: PDF Tool Build #
+############################
+FROM registry.access.redhat.com/ubi9/python-312:latest AS pdf-builder
+
+WORKDIR /opt/app-root/bin
+
+# OS Packages needs to be installed as root
+USER 0
+
+# Copy scripts
+COPY jupyter/utils/install_texlive.sh ./install_texlive.sh
+COPY jupyter/utils/install_pandoc.sh ./install_pandoc.sh
+RUN chmod +x install_texlive.sh install_pandoc.sh
+
+RUN ./install_texlive.sh
+RUN ./install_pandoc.sh
+
 ####################
 # cpu-base         #
 ####################
@@ -71,9 +89,14 @@ COPY ${JUPYTER_REUSABLE_UTILS} utils/
 USER 0
 
 # Dependencies for PDF export begin
-RUN ./utils/install_pdf_deps.sh
-ENV PATH="/usr/local/texlive/bin/linux:/usr/local/pandoc/bin:$PATH"
-# Dependencies for PDF export end
+RUN --mount=type=cache,from=pdf-builder,source=/usr/local/,target=/pdf_builder/,rw \
+    bash -c ' \
+    if [[ "$(uname -m)" == "ppc64le" ]]; then \
+        cp -r /pdf_builder/texlive /usr/local/; \
+        cp -r /pdf_builder/pandoc /usr/local/; \
+    else \
+        ./utils/install_pdf_deps.sh; \
+    fi'
 
 USER 1001
 
diff --git a/jupyter/utils/install_pandoc.sh b/jupyter/utils/install_pandoc.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1dcb12e70b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jupyter/utils/install_pandoc.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -euxo pipefail
+
+# Mapping of `uname -m` values to equivalent GOARCH values
+declare -A UNAME_TO_GOARCH
+UNAME_TO_GOARCH["x86_64"]="amd64"
+UNAME_TO_GOARCH["aarch64"]="arm64"
+UNAME_TO_GOARCH["ppc64le"]="ppc64le"
+UNAME_TO_GOARCH["s390x"]="s390x"
+
+ARCH="${UNAME_TO_GOARCH[$(uname -m)]}"
+
+if [[ "$ARCH" == "ppc64le" ]]; then
+
+  # Install Pandoc from source
+  dnf install -y https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-9.noarch.rpm
+  dnf install -y pandoc
+  mkdir -p /usr/local/pandoc/bin
+  ln -s /usr/bin/pandoc /usr/local/pandoc/bin/pandoc
+  export PATH="/usr/local/pandoc/bin:$PATH"
+  pandoc --version
+
+fi
diff --git a/jupyter/utils/install_texlive.sh b/jupyter/utils/install_texlive.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..78566a7a8f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jupyter/utils/install_texlive.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -euxo pipefail
+
+# Mapping of `uname -m` values to equivalent GOARCH values
+declare -A UNAME_TO_GOARCH
+UNAME_TO_GOARCH["x86_64"]="amd64"
+UNAME_TO_GOARCH["aarch64"]="arm64"
+UNAME_TO_GOARCH["ppc64le"]="ppc64le"
+UNAME_TO_GOARCH["s390x"]="s390x"
+
+ARCH="${UNAME_TO_GOARCH[$(uname -m)]}"
+
+if [[ "$ARCH" == "ppc64le" ]]; then
+  
+  echo "Installing TeX Live from source for $ARCH..."
+
+  # Install build dependencies
+  dnf install -y gcc-toolset-13 perl make libX11-devel \
+    zlib-devel freetype-devel libpng-devel ncurses-devel \
+    gd-devel libtool wget tar xz \
+    https://mirror.stream.centos.org/9-stream/AppStream/ppc64le/os/Packages/libXmu-devel-1.1.3-8.el9.ppc64le.rpm \
+    https://mirror.stream.centos.org/9-stream/AppStream/ppc64le/os/Packages/libXext-devel-1.3.4-8.el9.ppc64le.rpm \
+    https://mirror.stream.centos.org/9-stream/AppStream/ppc64le/os/Packages/libICE-devel-1.0.10-8.el9.ppc64le.rpm \
+    https://mirror.stream.centos.org/9-stream/AppStream/ppc64le/os/Packages/libSM-devel-1.2.3-10.el9.ppc64le.rpm \
+    https://mirror.stream.centos.org/9-stream/AppStream/ppc64le/os/Packages/libXmu-1.1.3-8.el9.ppc64le.rpm \
+    https://mirror.stream.centos.org/9-stream/AppStream/ppc64le/os/Packages/libXaw-devel-1.0.13-19.el9.ppc64le.rpm \
+    https://mirror.stream.centos.org/9-stream/AppStream/ppc64le/os/Packages/libXaw-1.0.13-19.el9.ppc64le.rpm \
+    https://mirror.stream.centos.org/9-stream/AppStream/ppc64le/os/Packages/libXt-devel-1.2.0-6.el9.ppc64le.rpm \
+    https://mirror.stream.centos.org/9-stream/AppStream/ppc64le/os/Packages/flex-2.6.4-9.el9.ppc64le.rpm \
+    https://mirror.stream.centos.org/9-stream/AppStream/ppc64le/os/Packages/bison-3.7.4-5.el9.ppc64le.rpm
+
+  # Step 1: Download and extract the TeX Live source
+  wget https://ftp.math.utah.edu/pub/tex/historic/systems/texlive/2025/texlive-20250308-source.tar.xz
+  tar -xf texlive-20250308-source.tar.xz
+  cd texlive-20250308-source
+
+  # Enable newer GCC toolchain
+  source /opt/rh/gcc-toolset-13/enable
+
+  # Create build directory and build
+  mkdir -p ../texlive-build
+  cd ../texlive-build
+  ../texlive-20250308-source/configure --prefix=/usr/local/texlive
+  make -j"$(nproc)"
+  make install
+
+  # Symlink for pdflatex
+  ln -sf pdftex /usr/local/texlive/bin/powerpc64le-unknown-linux-gnu/pdflatex
+  
+  # Cleanup sources to reduce image size
+  rm -rf /texlive-20250308-source /texlive-build
+
+  # Step 2: Run TeX Live installer for runtime tree setup
+  cd /
+  wget https://mirror.ctan.org/systems/texlive/tlnet/install-tl-unx.tar.gz
+  tar -xzf install-tl-unx.tar.gz
+  cd install-tl-2*/
+
+  # Create a custom install profile
+  TEXLIVE_INSTALL_PREFIX="/usr/local/texlive"
+  cat <<EOF > texlive.profile
+selected_scheme scheme-small
+TEXDIR $TEXLIVE_INSTALL_PREFIX
+TEXMFCONFIG ~/.texlive2025/texmf-config
+TEXMFVAR ~/.texlive2025/texmf-var
+option_doc 0
+option_src 0
+EOF
+
+  ./install-tl --profile=texlive.profile --custom-bin=$TEXLIVE_INSTALL_PREFIX/bin/powerpc64le-unknown-linux-gnu
+
+# TeX Live binary directory
+TEX_BIN_DIR="/usr/local/texlive/bin/powerpc64le-unknown-linux-gnu"
+
+# Create standard symlink 'linux' → arch-specific folder
+ln -sf "$TEX_BIN_DIR" /usr/local/texlive/bin/linux
+
+
+  # Set up environment
+  export PATH="$TEXLIVE_INSTALL_PREFIX/bin/linux:$PATH"
+  pdflatex --version
+  tlmgr --version
+
+fi