diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/common.c b/tools/perf/arch/common.c
index 837067f48a4c54a88b883e8de6dc95df0dd5b3d0..6b40e9f017404f87877668645f7afa8f28649788 100644
--- a/tools/perf/arch/common.c
+++ b/tools/perf/arch/common.c
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ const char *const arm64_triplets[] = {
 
 const char *const powerpc_triplets[] = {
 	"powerpc-unknown-linux-gnu-",
+	"powerpc-linux-gnu-",
 	"powerpc64-unknown-linux-gnu-",
 	"powerpc64-linux-gnu-",
 	"powerpc64le-linux-gnu-",