--- a/make/linux/makefiles/ppc64.make	Mon Mar 31 13:08:03 2014 -0700
+++ b/make/linux/makefiles/ppc64.make	Wed Apr 02 11:24:44 2014 -0700
@@ -26,14 +26,26 @@
 # make c code know it is on a 64 bit platform.
 CFLAGS += -D_LP64=1
 
-# fixes `relocation truncated to fit' error for gcc 4.1.
-CFLAGS += -mminimal-toc
+ifeq ($(origin OPENJDK_TARGET_CPU_ENDIAN),undefined)
+  # This can happen during hotspot standalone build. Set endianness from
+  # uname. We assume build and target machines are the same.
+  OPENJDK_TARGET_CPU_ENDIAN:=$(if $(filter ppc64le,$(shell uname -m)),little,big)
+endif
 
-# finds use ppc64 instructions, but schedule for power5
-CFLAGS += -mcpu=powerpc64 -mtune=power5 -minsert-sched-nops=regroup_exact -mno-multiple -mno-string
+ifeq ($(filter $(OPENJDK_TARGET_CPU_ENDIAN),big little),)
+  $(error OPENJDK_TARGET_CPU_ENDIAN value should be 'big' or 'little')
+endif
 
-# let linker find external 64 bit libs.
-LFLAGS_VM += -L/lib64
+ifeq ($(OPENJDK_TARGET_CPU_ENDIAN),big)
+  # fixes `relocation truncated to fit' error for gcc 4.1.
+  CFLAGS += -mminimal-toc
 
-# specify lib format.
-LFLAGS_VM +=  -Wl,-melf64ppc
+  # finds use ppc64 instructions, but schedule for power5
+  CFLAGS += -mcpu=powerpc64 -mtune=power5 -minsert-sched-nops=regroup_exact -mno-multiple -mno-string
+else
+  # Little endian machine uses ELFv2 ABI.
+  CFLAGS += -DVM_LITTLE_ENDIAN -DABI_ELFv2
+
+  # Use Power8, this is the first CPU to support PPC64 LE with ELFv2 ABI.
+  CFLAGS += -mcpu=power7 -mtune=power8 -minsert-sched-nops=regroup_exact -mno-multiple -mno-string
+endif