diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/powerpc/annotate/instructions.c b/tools/perf/arch/powerpc/annotate/instructions.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..3c4004db81b954b753bd150d7efa002103d7958b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/perf/arch/powerpc/annotate/instructions.c
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+static struct ins_ops *powerpc__associate_instruction_ops(struct arch *arch, const char *name)
+{
+	int i;
+	struct ins_ops *ops;
+
+	/*
+	 * - Interested only if instruction starts with 'b'.
+	 * - Few start with 'b', but aren't branch instructions.
+	 */
+	if (name[0] != 'b'             ||
+	    !strncmp(name, "bcd", 3)   ||
+	    !strncmp(name, "brinc", 5) ||
+	    !strncmp(name, "bper", 4))
+		return NULL;
+
+	ops = &jump_ops;
+
+	i = strlen(name) - 1;
+	if (i < 0)
+		return NULL;
+
+	/* ignore optional hints at the end of the instructions */
+	if (name[i] == '+' || name[i] == '-')
+		i--;
+
+	if (name[i] == 'l' || (name[i] == 'a' && name[i-1] == 'l')) {
+		/*
+		 * if the instruction ends up with 'l' or 'la', then
+		 * those are considered 'calls' since they update LR.
+		 * ... except for 'bnl' which is branch if not less than
+		 * and the absolute form of the same.
+		 */
+		if (strcmp(name, "bnl") && strcmp(name, "bnl+") &&
+		    strcmp(name, "bnl-") && strcmp(name, "bnla") &&
+		    strcmp(name, "bnla+") && strcmp(name, "bnla-"))
+			ops = &call_ops;
+	}
+	if (name[i] == 'r' && name[i-1] == 'l')
+		/*
+		 * instructions ending with 'lr' are considered to be
+		 * return instructions
+		 */
+		ops = &ret_ops;
+
+	arch__associate_ins_ops(arch, name, ops);
+	return ops;
+}
+
+static int powerpc__annotate_init(struct arch *arch)
+{
+	if (!arch->initialized) {
+		arch->initialized = true;
+		arch->associate_instruction_ops = powerpc__associate_instruction_ops;
+		arch->objdump.comment_char      = '#';
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/annotate.c b/tools/perf/util/annotate.c
index bad44db7dd6731880e73d4ecf848f2d8493cbdac..3e34ee0fde2830132ed171dc2fddac691aa62e20 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/annotate.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/annotate.c
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@ static int arch__associate_ins_ops(struct arch* arch, const char *name, struct i
 
 #include "arch/arm/annotate/instructions.c"
 #include "arch/x86/annotate/instructions.c"
+#include "arch/powerpc/annotate/instructions.c"
 
 static struct arch architectures[] = {
 	{
@@ -120,6 +121,10 @@ static struct arch architectures[] = {
 			.comment_char = '#',
 		},
 	},
+	{
+		.name = "powerpc",
+		.init = powerpc__annotate_init,
+	},
 };
 
 static void ins__delete(struct ins_operands *ops)