diff --git a/src/cpu/cpu_map.xml b/src/cpu/cpu_map.xml
index bd9b056b0163566fa9b213eec8e60d0f07d47367..413148ff6bc6ec47939e281f90252dfd9135e6e6 100644
--- a/src/cpu/cpu_map.xml
+++ b/src/cpu/cpu_map.xml
@@ -600,6 +600,7 @@
   <arch name='ppc64'>
     <!-- vendor definitions -->
     <vendor name='IBM'/>
+    <vendor name='Freescale'/>
 
     <!-- IBM-based CPU models -->
     <model name='POWER7'>
@@ -657,5 +658,16 @@
       <pvr value='0x004d0000'/>
     </model>
 
+<!-- Freescale-based CPU models -->
+    <model name='POWERPC_e5500'>
+      <vendor name='Freescale'/>
+      <pvr value='0x80240000'/>
+    </model>
+
+    <model name='POWERPC_e6500'>
+      <vendor name='Freescale'/>
+      <pvr value='0x80400000'/>
+    </model>
+
   </arch>
 </cpus>