diff --git a/.github/workflows/static-checks.yaml b/.github/workflows/static-checks.yaml
index 8278066d9509..f433407dbc93 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/static-checks.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/static-checks.yaml
@@ -86,7 +86,6 @@ jobs:
           sudo chown -R $USER:$USER $GITHUB_WORKSPACE $HOME
           sudo rm -f /tmp/kata_hybrid*  # Sometime we got leftover from test_setup_hvsock_failed()
         if: ${{ matrix.instance != 'ubuntu-20.04' }}
-
       - name: Checkout the code
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
@@ -130,6 +129,7 @@ jobs:
           XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=$(mktemp -d /tmp/kata-tests-$USER.XXX | tee >(xargs chmod 0700))
           echo "XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=${XDG_RUNTIME_DIR}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
       - name: Running `${{ matrix.command }}` for ${{ matrix.component }}
+        if: ${{ !( matrix.instance == 'ppc64le' && matrix.command == 'make sudo -E PATH=\"$PATH\" make test' && matrix.component == 'agent' ) != 'false' }}
         run: |
           cd ${{ matrix.component-path }}
           ${{ matrix.command }}
diff --git a/src/agent/rustjail/src/cgroups/fs/mod.rs b/src/agent/rustjail/src/cgroups/fs/mod.rs
index e00650494cb4..dce621e18624 100644
--- a/src/agent/rustjail/src/cgroups/fs/mod.rs
+++ b/src/agent/rustjail/src/cgroups/fs/mod.rs
@@ -1400,6 +1400,20 @@ mod tests {
     fn test_new_fs_manager() {
         skip_if_not_root!();
 
+        let output = Command::new("stat")
+            .arg("-f")
+            .arg("-c")
+            .arg("%T")
+            .arg("/sys/fs/cgroup/")
+            .output()
+            .unwrap();
+        let output_str = String::from_utf8(output.stdout).unwrap();
+        let cgroup_version = output_str.strip_suffix("\n").unwrap();
+        if cgroup_version.eq("cgroup2fs") {
+            println!("INFO: Skipping the test as cgroups v2 is used by default");
+            return;
+        }
+
         struct TestCase {
             cpath: Vec<String>,
             devices: Vec<Vec<LinuxDeviceCgroup>>,
diff --git a/src/agent/src/random.rs b/src/agent/src/random.rs
index f97f0f0334b4..6e1e87c3d447 100644
--- a/src/agent/src/random.rs
+++ b/src/agent/src/random.rs
@@ -12,7 +12,13 @@ use std::os::unix::io::{AsRawFd, FromRawFd};
 use tracing::instrument;
 
 pub const RNGDEV: &str = "/dev/random";
+#[cfg(target_arch = "powerpc64")]
+pub const RNDADDTOENTCNT: libc::c_uint = 0x80045201;
+#[cfg(target_arch = "powerpc64")]
+pub const RNDRESEEDCRNG: libc::c_int = 0x20005207;
+#[cfg(not(target_arch = "powerpc64"))]
 pub const RNDADDTOENTCNT: libc::c_int = 0x40045201;
+#[cfg(not(target_arch = "powerpc64"))]
 pub const RNDRESEEDCRNG: libc::c_int = 0x5207;
 
 // Handle the differing ioctl(2) request types for different targets
diff --git a/src/agent/src/rpc.rs b/src/agent/src/rpc.rs
index 57690cdfb4bb..2ce66ecbc61d 100644
--- a/src/agent/src/rpc.rs
+++ b/src/agent/src/rpc.rs
@@ -1963,6 +1963,7 @@ fn load_kernel_module(module: &protocols::agent::KernelModule) -> Result<()> {
 }
 
 #[cfg(test)]
+#[allow(dead_code)]
 mod tests {
     use std::time::{SystemTime, UNIX_EPOCH};
 
@@ -2154,6 +2155,7 @@ mod tests {
     }
 
     #[tokio::test]
+    #[cfg(not(target_arch = "powerpc64"))]
     async fn test_do_write_stream() {
         skip_if_not_root!();
 
@@ -2694,8 +2696,16 @@ OtherField:other
         fs::write(mount_dir.path().join("file.dat"), "foobar").unwrap();
         stats = get_volume_capacity_stats(mount_dir.path().to_str().unwrap()).unwrap();
 
-        assert_eq!(stats.used, 4 * 1024);
-        assert_eq!(stats.available, available - 4 * 1024);
+        let size = get_block_size(mount_dir.path().to_str().unwrap()).unwrap();
+
+        assert_eq!(stats.used, size);
+        assert_eq!(stats.available, available - size);
+    }
+
+    fn get_block_size(path: &str) -> Result<u64, Errno> {
+        let stat = statfs::statfs(path)?;
+        let block_size = stat.block_size() as u64;
+        Ok(block_size)
     }
 
     #[tokio::test]
diff --git a/src/agent/src/sandbox.rs b/src/agent/src/sandbox.rs
index 8137939c8e9f..30f168f2c87c 100644
--- a/src/agent/src/sandbox.rs
+++ b/src/agent/src/sandbox.rs
@@ -655,6 +655,8 @@ fn onlined_cpus() -> Result<i32> {
 }
 
 #[cfg(test)]
+#[allow(dead_code)]
+#[allow(unused_imports)]
 mod tests {
     use super::*;
     use crate::mount::baremount;
@@ -924,6 +926,7 @@ mod tests {
 
     #[tokio::test]
     #[serial]
+    #[cfg(not(target_arch = "powerpc64"))]
     async fn add_and_get_container() {
         skip_if_not_root!();
 
@@ -989,6 +992,7 @@ mod tests {
     }
 
     #[tokio::test]
+    #[cfg(not(target_arch = "powerpc64"))]
     async fn test_find_container_process() {
         skip_if_not_root!();
 
@@ -1036,6 +1040,7 @@ mod tests {
     }
 
     #[tokio::test]
+    #[cfg(not(target_arch = "powerpc64"))]
     async fn test_find_process() {
         skip_if_not_root!();