diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 24162133cb..a218cc4c24 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 language: python
-dist: xenial
+dist: bionic
 services:
 - docker
 
@@ -13,9 +13,16 @@ jobs:
   include:
   - stage: verify-tag
     python: 3.7
+    arch: ppc64le
     script: >
       [ "v$(python -c 'from scripts.constants import CLIENT_VERSION; print(CLIENT_VERSION)')" == "${TRAVIS_TAG}" ] &&
       [[ "${TRAVIS_TAG}" =~ ^v[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+(([ab]|dev|rc)[0-9]+)?$ ]]
+  - stage: verify-tag
+    python: 3.7
+    script: >
+      [ "v$(python -c 'from scripts.constants import CLIENT_VERSION; print(CLIENT_VERSION)')" == "${TRAVIS_TAG}" ] &&
+      [[ "${TRAVIS_TAG}" =~ ^v[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+(([ab]|dev|rc)[0-9]+)?$ ]]
+
   - stage: test
     python: 2.7
     env: TOXENV=update-pycodestyle
@@ -60,6 +67,47 @@ jobs:
         repo: kubernetes-client/python
       distributions: sdist bdist_wheel
 
+  - stage: test
+    python: 2.7
+    env: TOXENV=update-pycodestyle
+    arch: ppc64le
+  - python: 3.7
+    env: TOXENV=docs
+    arch: ppc64le
+  - python: 2.7
+    env: TOXENV=coverage,codecov
+    arch: ppc64le
+  - python: 2.7
+    env: TOXENV=py27
+    arch: ppc64le
+  - python: 3.5
+    env: TOXENV=py35
+    arch: ppc64le
+  - python: 3.6
+    env: TOXENV=py36
+    arch: ppc64le
+  - python: 3.7
+    env: TOXENV=py37
+    arch: ppc64le
+  - python: 3.8
+    env: TOXENV=py38
+  - python: 3.9
+    env: TOXENV=py39
+    arch: ppc64le
+  - stage: deploy
+    script: skip
+    arch: ppc64le
+    deploy:
+      provider: pypi
+      user: __token__
+      password:
+        secure: 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
+      skip_existing: true
+      on:
+        tags: true
+        repo: kubernetes-client/python
+      distributions: sdist bdist_wheel
+
 stages:
 - name: verify-tag
   if: (tag is present) and (type = push)