diff --git a/libavcodec/ppc/mathops.h b/libavcodec/ppc/mathops.h
index adf04cb1dacd530f2fd7f2c0d658189cb456cedd..2b5a5c4eb0d7fbbd8616c1aa9427bdca0ae1928a 100644
--- a/libavcodec/ppc/mathops.h
+++ b/libavcodec/ppc/mathops.h
@@ -37,4 +37,11 @@
     __rt; })
 #endif
 
+#define MULH MULH
+static inline av_const int MULH(int a, int b){
+    int r;
+    __asm__ ("mulhw %0, %1, %2" : "=r"(r) : "r"(a), "r"(b));
+    return r;
+}
+
 #endif /* AVCODEC_PPC_MATHOPS_H */