diff --git a/src/ci/docker/dist-powerpc64-linux/build-powerpc64-toolchain.sh b/src/ci/docker/dist-powerpc64-linux/build-powerpc64-toolchain.sh
index f7aa2cd326832..fc53849a2ada4 100755
--- a/src/ci/docker/dist-powerpc64-linux/build-powerpc64-toolchain.sh
+++ b/src/ci/docker/dist-powerpc64-linux/build-powerpc64-toolchain.sh
@@ -3,9 +3,29 @@ set -ex
 
 source shared.sh
 
+BINUTILS=2.32
+TARGET=powerpc64-unknown-linux-gnu
+PREFIX=/x-tools/$TARGET
+SYSROOT=$PREFIX/$TARGET/sysroot
+
 mkdir build
 cd build
 cp ../powerpc64-linux-gnu.config .config
 hide_output ct-ng build
 cd ..
 rm -rf build
+
+chmod -R u+w $PREFIX
+
+# Next, download and build newer binutils.
+mkdir binutils-$TARGET
+pushd binutils-$TARGET
+curl https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/binutils/binutils-$BINUTILS.tar.bz2 | tar xjf -
+mkdir binutils-build
+cd binutils-build
+hide_output ../binutils-$BINUTILS/configure --target=$TARGET \
+  --prefix=$PREFIX --with-sysroot=$SYSROOT
+hide_output make -j10
+hide_output make install
+popd
+rm -rf binutils-$TARGET
diff --git a/src/ci/docker/dist-powerpc64le-linux/build-powerpc64le-toolchain.sh b/src/ci/docker/dist-powerpc64le-linux/build-powerpc64le-toolchain.sh
index a01803d9c8f45..f866a24287f9e 100755
--- a/src/ci/docker/dist-powerpc64le-linux/build-powerpc64le-toolchain.sh
+++ b/src/ci/docker/dist-powerpc64le-linux/build-powerpc64le-toolchain.sh
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ set -ex
 
 source shared.sh
 
-BINUTILS=2.25.1
+BINUTILS=2.32
 GCC=5.3.0
 TARGET=powerpc64le-linux-gnu
 SYSROOT=/usr/local/$TARGET/sysroot