diff --git a/linux-user/syscall.c b/linux-user/syscall.c
index 1204a62c439809ab8ae9debebbdefa4cd4cb1571..753a47cd2d8a19db414e029f5cbab865a24d0f60 100644
--- a/linux-user/syscall.c
+++ b/linux-user/syscall.c
@@ -68,6 +68,129 @@
 #define	VFAT_IOCTL_READDIR_BOTH		_IOR('r', 1, struct dirent [2])
 #define	VFAT_IOCTL_READDIR_SHORT	_IOR('r', 2, struct dirent [2])
 
+
+#if defined(__powerpc__)
+#undef __syscall_nr
+#undef __sc_loadargs_0
+#undef __sc_loadargs_1
+#undef __sc_loadargs_2
+#undef __sc_loadargs_3
+#undef __sc_loadargs_4
+#undef __sc_loadargs_5
+#undef __sc_asm_input_0
+#undef __sc_asm_input_1
+#undef __sc_asm_input_2
+#undef __sc_asm_input_3
+#undef __sc_asm_input_4
+#undef __sc_asm_input_5
+#undef _syscall0
+#undef _syscall1
+#undef _syscall2
+#undef _syscall3
+#undef _syscall4
+#undef _syscall5
+
+/* need to redefine syscalls as Linux kernel defines are incorrect for
+   the clobber list */
+/* On powerpc a system call basically clobbers the same registers like a
+ * function call, with the exception of LR (which is needed for the
+ * "sc; bnslr" sequence) and CR (where only CR0.SO is clobbered to signal
+ * an error return status).
+ */
+
+#define __syscall_nr(nr, type, name, args...)				\
+	unsigned long __sc_ret, __sc_err;				\
+	{								\
+		register unsigned long __sc_0  __asm__ ("r0");		\
+		register unsigned long __sc_3  __asm__ ("r3");		\
+		register unsigned long __sc_4  __asm__ ("r4");		\
+		register unsigned long __sc_5  __asm__ ("r5");		\
+		register unsigned long __sc_6  __asm__ ("r6");		\
+		register unsigned long __sc_7  __asm__ ("r7");		\
+									\
+		__sc_loadargs_##nr(name, args);				\
+		__asm__ __volatile__					\
+			("sc           \n\t"				\
+			 "mfcr %0      "				\
+			: "=&r" (__sc_0),				\
+			  "=&r" (__sc_3),  "=&r" (__sc_4),		\
+			  "=&r" (__sc_5),  "=&r" (__sc_6),		\
+			  "=&r" (__sc_7)				\
+			: __sc_asm_input_##nr				\
+			: "cr0", "ctr", "memory",			\
+			  "r8", "r9", "r10","r11", "r12");		\
+		__sc_ret = __sc_3;					\
+		__sc_err = __sc_0;					\
+	}								\
+	if (__sc_err & 0x10000000)					\
+	{								\
+		errno = __sc_ret;					\
+		__sc_ret = -1;						\
+	}								\
+	return (type) __sc_ret
+
+#define __sc_loadargs_0(name, dummy...)					\
+	__sc_0 = __NR_##name
+#define __sc_loadargs_1(name, arg1)					\
+	__sc_loadargs_0(name);						\
+	__sc_3 = (unsigned long) (arg1)
+#define __sc_loadargs_2(name, arg1, arg2)				\
+	__sc_loadargs_1(name, arg1);					\
+	__sc_4 = (unsigned long) (arg2)
+#define __sc_loadargs_3(name, arg1, arg2, arg3)				\
+	__sc_loadargs_2(name, arg1, arg2);				\
+	__sc_5 = (unsigned long) (arg3)
+#define __sc_loadargs_4(name, arg1, arg2, arg3, arg4)			\
+	__sc_loadargs_3(name, arg1, arg2, arg3);			\
+	__sc_6 = (unsigned long) (arg4)
+#define __sc_loadargs_5(name, arg1, arg2, arg3, arg4, arg5)		\
+	__sc_loadargs_4(name, arg1, arg2, arg3, arg4);			\
+	__sc_7 = (unsigned long) (arg5)
+
+#define __sc_asm_input_0 "0" (__sc_0)
+#define __sc_asm_input_1 __sc_asm_input_0, "1" (__sc_3)
+#define __sc_asm_input_2 __sc_asm_input_1, "2" (__sc_4)
+#define __sc_asm_input_3 __sc_asm_input_2, "3" (__sc_5)
+#define __sc_asm_input_4 __sc_asm_input_3, "4" (__sc_6)
+#define __sc_asm_input_5 __sc_asm_input_4, "5" (__sc_7)
+
+#define _syscall0(type,name)						\
+type name(void)								\
+{									\
+	__syscall_nr(0, type, name);					\
+}
+
+#define _syscall1(type,name,type1,arg1)					\
+type name(type1 arg1)							\
+{									\
+	__syscall_nr(1, type, name, arg1);				\
+}
+
+#define _syscall2(type,name,type1,arg1,type2,arg2)			\
+type name(type1 arg1, type2 arg2)					\
+{									\
+	__syscall_nr(2, type, name, arg1, arg2);			\
+}
+
+#define _syscall3(type,name,type1,arg1,type2,arg2,type3,arg3)		\
+type name(type1 arg1, type2 arg2, type3 arg3)				\
+{									\
+	__syscall_nr(3, type, name, arg1, arg2, arg3);			\
+}
+
+#define _syscall4(type,name,type1,arg1,type2,arg2,type3,arg3,type4,arg4) \
+type name(type1 arg1, type2 arg2, type3 arg3, type4 arg4)		\
+{									\
+	__syscall_nr(4, type, name, arg1, arg2, arg3, arg4);		\
+}
+
+#define _syscall5(type,name,type1,arg1,type2,arg2,type3,arg3,type4,arg4,type5,arg5) \
+type name(type1 arg1, type2 arg2, type3 arg3, type4 arg4, type5 arg5)	\
+{									\
+	__syscall_nr(5, type, name, arg1, arg2, arg3, arg4, arg5);	\
+}
+#endif
+
 #define __NR_sys_uname __NR_uname
 #define __NR_sys_getcwd1 __NR_getcwd
 #define __NR_sys_statfs __NR_statfs