diff --git a/src/librustc_back/target/powerpc_unknown_linux_gnu.rs b/src/librustc_back/target/powerpc_unknown_linux_gnu.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..34f4d165c7a30
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/librustc_back/target/powerpc_unknown_linux_gnu.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+// Copyright 2012 The Rust Project Developers. See the COPYRIGHT
+// file at the top-level directory of this distribution and at
+// http://rust-lang.org/COPYRIGHT.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 <LICENSE-APACHE or
+// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0> or the MIT license
+// <LICENSE-MIT or http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT>, at your
+// option. This file may not be copied, modified, or distributed
+// except according to those terms.
+
+use target::Target;
+
+pub fn target() -> Target {
+    let mut base = super::linux_base::opts();
+    base.pre_link_args.push("-m32".to_string());
+
+    Target {
+        data_layout: "E-S8-p:32:32-f64:32:64-i64:32:64-f80:32:32-n8:16:32".to_string(),
+        llvm_target: "powerpc-unknown-linux-gnu".to_string(),
+        target_endian: "big".to_string(),
+        target_word_size: "32".to_string(),
+        arch: "powerpc".to_string(),
+        target_os: "linux".to_string(),
+        options: base,
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/librustc_llvm/lib.rs b/src/librustc_llvm/lib.rs
index a4f9b1f98d4c9..3edb1ec48a023 100644
--- a/src/librustc_llvm/lib.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_llvm/lib.rs
@@ -1974,6 +1974,11 @@ extern {
     pub fn LLVMInitializeMipsTargetMC();
     pub fn LLVMInitializeMipsAsmPrinter();
     pub fn LLVMInitializeMipsAsmParser();
+    pub fn LLVMInitializePowerPCTargetInfo();
+    pub fn LLVMInitializePowerPCTarget();
+    pub fn LLVMInitializePowerPCTargetMC();
+    pub fn LLVMInitializePowerPCAsmPrinter();
+    pub fn LLVMInitializePowerPCAsmParser();
 
     pub fn LLVMRustAddPass(PM: PassManagerRef, Pass: *const c_char) -> bool;
     pub fn LLVMRustCreateTargetMachine(Triple: *const c_char,
@@ -2249,6 +2254,12 @@ pub unsafe fn static_link_hack_this_sucks() {
     LLVMInitializeMipsAsmPrinter();
     LLVMInitializeMipsAsmParser();
 
+    LLVMInitializePowerPCTargetInfo();
+    LLVMInitializePowerPCTarget();
+    LLVMInitializePowerPCTargetMC();
+    LLVMInitializePowerPCAsmPrinter();
+    LLVMInitializePowerPCAsmParser();
+
     LLVMRustSetLLVMOptions(0 as c_int,
                                        0 as *const _);
 
diff --git a/src/librustc_trans/back/write.rs b/src/librustc_trans/back/write.rs
index c818dda7581bd..aa51b0c5ee248 100644
--- a/src/librustc_trans/back/write.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_trans/back/write.rs
@@ -1039,6 +1039,12 @@ unsafe fn configure_llvm(sess: &Session) {
         llvm::LLVMInitializeMipsAsmPrinter();
         llvm::LLVMInitializeMipsAsmParser();
 
+        llvm::LLVMInitializePowerPCTargetInfo();
+        llvm::LLVMInitializePowerPCTarget();
+        llvm::LLVMInitializePowerPCTargetMC();
+        llvm::LLVMInitializePowerPCAsmPrinter();
+        llvm::LLVMInitializePowerPCAsmParser();
+
         llvm::LLVMRustSetLLVMOptions(llvm_args.len() as c_int,
                                      llvm_args.as_ptr());
     });