diff --git a/doc/docker/development/Dockerfile b/doc/docker/development/Dockerfile
index 5e2a809db4..24abfd72b7 100644
--- a/doc/docker/development/Dockerfile
+++ b/doc/docker/development/Dockerfile
@@ -54,7 +54,9 @@ RUN apt-get update \
     && echo "deb [signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/nodesource.gpg] https://deb.nodesource.com/node_20.x nodistro main" | tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/nodesource.list \
     && apt-get update \
 	# install tools to build EGroupware
-	&& apt-get install -y rsync nodejs npm zip curl sudo cron patch \
+	&& apt-get install -y rsync nodejs zip curl sudo cron patch \
+    # nodejs PPA does NOT exist for ppc64le, therefore we need to install npm separate, as not included in stock nodejs on Ubuntu
+    && test -f /usr/bin/npm || apt-get install -y npm \
 	&& npm install -g grunt-cli \
 	&& bash -c \
 'EXPECTED_SIGNATURE=$(curl https://composer.github.io/installer.sig); \
diff --git a/doc/docker/fpm/Dockerfile b/doc/docker/fpm/Dockerfile
index d0de9ee897..c0998d3269 100644
--- a/doc/docker/fpm/Dockerfile
+++ b/doc/docker/fpm/Dockerfile
@@ -85,7 +85,9 @@ RUN set -e \
     && curl -fsSL https://deb.nodesource.com/gpgkey/nodesource-repo.gpg.key | gpg --dearmor -o /etc/apt/keyrings/nodesource.gpg \
     && echo "deb [signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/nodesource.gpg] https://deb.nodesource.com/node_20.x nodistro main" | tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/nodesource.list \
     && apt-get update \
-    && apt-get install -y nodejs npm \
+    && apt-get install -y nodejs \
+    # nodejs PPA does NOT exist for ppc64le, therefore we need to install npm separate, as not included in stock nodejs on Ubuntu
+    && test -f /usr/bin/npm || apt-get install -y npm \
 	&& npm install -g grunt-cli \
 	&& npm install \
 	&& grunt \