diff --git a/linux-user/syscall.c b/linux-user/syscall.c
index 009bf8f1a91b0dccbc4b64fae464d4d0cef41ecc..3da8e5137c53918620b338bd8ae66926f6922b06 100644
--- a/linux-user/syscall.c
+++ b/linux-user/syscall.c
@@ -587,12 +587,17 @@ extern int setfsgid(int);
 extern int setgroups(int, gid_t *);
 
 /* ARM EABI and MIPS expect 64bit types aligned even on pairs or registers */
-#ifdef TARGET_ARM 
+#ifdef TARGET_ARM
 static inline int regpairs_aligned(void *cpu_env) {
     return ((((CPUARMState *)cpu_env)->eabi) == 1) ;
 }
 #elif defined(TARGET_MIPS)
 static inline int regpairs_aligned(void *cpu_env) { return 1; }
+#elif defined(TARGET_PPC) && !defined(TARGET_PPC64)
+/* SysV AVI for PPC32 expects 64bit parameters to be passed on odd/even pairs
+ * of registers which translates to the same as ARM/MIPS, because we start with
+ * r3 as arg1 */
+static inline int regpairs_aligned(void *cpu_env) { return 1; }
 #else
 static inline int regpairs_aligned(void *cpu_env) { return 0; }
 #endif