diff --git a/arch/powerpc/Makefile b/arch/powerpc/Makefile
index debfa2b1c1de..d3c91bf923b7 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/Makefile
+++ b/arch/powerpc/Makefile
@@ -65,11 +65,29 @@ endif
 
 UTS_MACHINE := $(OLDARCH)
 
+ifeq ($(CONFIG_CPU_LITTLE_ENDIAN),y)
+override CC	+= -mlittle-endian
+override AS	+= -mlittle-endian
+override LD	+= -EL
+override CROSS32CC += -mlittle-endian
+override CROSS32AS += -mlittle-endian
+LDEMULATION	:= lppc
+GNUTARGET	:= powerpcle
+MULTIPLEWORD	:= -mno-multiple
+else
+override CC	+= -mbig-endian
+override AS	+= -mbig-endian
+override LD	+= -EB
+LDEMULATION	:= ppc
+GNUTARGET	:= powerpc
+MULTIPLEWORD	:= -mmultiple
+endif
+
 ifeq ($(HAS_BIARCH),y)
 override AS	+= -a$(CONFIG_WORD_SIZE)
-override LD	+= -m elf$(CONFIG_WORD_SIZE)ppc
+override LD	+= -m elf$(CONFIG_WORD_SIZE)$(LDEMULATION)
 override CC	+= -m$(CONFIG_WORD_SIZE)
-override AR	:= GNUTARGET=elf$(CONFIG_WORD_SIZE)-powerpc $(AR)
+override AR	:= GNUTARGET=elf$(CONFIG_WORD_SIZE)-$(GNUTARGET) $(AR)
 endif
 
 LDFLAGS_vmlinux-y := -Bstatic
@@ -95,7 +113,7 @@ endif
 CFLAGS-$(CONFIG_PPC64)	:= -mtraceback=no -mcall-aixdesc
 CFLAGS-$(CONFIG_PPC64)	+= $(call cc-option,-mcmodel=medium,-mminimal-toc)
 CFLAGS-$(CONFIG_PPC64)	+= $(call cc-option,-mno-pointers-to-nested-functions)
-CFLAGS-$(CONFIG_PPC32)	:= -ffixed-r2 -mmultiple
+CFLAGS-$(CONFIG_PPC32)	:= -ffixed-r2 $(MULTIPLEWORD)
 
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_PPC_BOOK3S_64),y)
 CFLAGS-$(CONFIG_GENERIC_CPU) += $(call cc-option,-mtune=power7,-mtune=power4)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/boot/Makefile b/arch/powerpc/boot/Makefile
index 15ca2255f438..ca7f08cc4afd 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/boot/Makefile
+++ b/arch/powerpc/boot/Makefile
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@ all: $(obj)/zImage
 BOOTCFLAGS    := -Wall -Wundef -Wstrict-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs \
 		 -fno-strict-aliasing -Os -msoft-float -pipe \
 		 -fomit-frame-pointer -fno-builtin -fPIC -nostdinc \
-		 -isystem $(shell $(CROSS32CC) -print-file-name=include)
+		 -isystem $(shell $(CROSS32CC) -print-file-name=include) \
+		 -mbig-endian
 BOOTAFLAGS	:= -D__ASSEMBLY__ $(BOOTCFLAGS) -traditional -nostdinc
 
 ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso32/vdso32.lds.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso32/vdso32.lds.S
index f223409629b9..e58ee10fa5c0 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso32/vdso32.lds.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso32/vdso32.lds.S
@@ -4,7 +4,11 @@
  */
 #include <asm/vdso.h>
 
+#ifdef __LITTLE_ENDIAN__
+OUTPUT_FORMAT("elf32-powerpcle", "elf32-powerpcle", "elf32-powerpcle")
+#else
 OUTPUT_FORMAT("elf32-powerpc", "elf32-powerpc", "elf32-powerpc")
+#endif
 OUTPUT_ARCH(powerpc:common)
 ENTRY(_start)
 
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso64/vdso64.lds.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso64/vdso64.lds.S
index e4863819663b..64fb183a47c2 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso64/vdso64.lds.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso64/vdso64.lds.S
@@ -4,7 +4,11 @@
  */
 #include <asm/vdso.h>
 
+#ifdef __LITTLE_ENDIAN__
+OUTPUT_FORMAT("elf64-powerpcle", "elf64-powerpcle", "elf64-powerpcle")
+#else
 OUTPUT_FORMAT("elf64-powerpc", "elf64-powerpc", "elf64-powerpc")
+#endif
 OUTPUT_ARCH(powerpc:common64)
 ENTRY(_start)