diff --git a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
index 84b861316ce78b65f90febaf44227d3ffed37c83..e39b73bc0ff8e2075a710878c3d81c055c68b4cb 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
@@ -123,6 +123,7 @@ config PPC
 	select HAVE_DMA_ATTRS if PPC64
 	select USE_GENERIC_SMP_HELPERS if SMP
 	select HAVE_OPROFILE
+	select HAVE_SYSCALL_WRAPPERS if PPC64
 
 config EARLY_PRINTK
 	bool
diff --git a/include/linux/syscalls.h b/include/linux/syscalls.h
index 0bb537d7ba2e3db514efeae1745e98e3aad50eb1..90aa5eba87a2d45b865df08c84567ee9a0bd80e1 100644
--- a/include/linux/syscalls.h
+++ b/include/linux/syscalls.h
@@ -103,8 +103,14 @@ struct old_linux_dirent;
 #define SYSCALL_DEFINE5(...)    SYSCALL_DEFINEx(5, __VA_ARGS__)
 #define SYSCALL_DEFINE6(...)    SYSCALL_DEFINEx(6, __VA_ARGS__)
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_PPC64
+#define SYSCALL_ALIAS(alias, name)					\
+	asm ("\t.globl " #alias "\n\t.set " #alias ", " #name "\n"	\
+	     "\t.globl ." #alias "\n\t.set ." #alias ", ." #name)
+#else
 #define SYSCALL_ALIAS(alias, name)					\
 	asm ("\t.globl " #alias "\n\t.set " #alias ", " #name)
+#endif
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_HAVE_SYSCALL_WRAPPERS