diff --git a/ld/ChangeLog b/ld/ChangeLog
index 10237f17a1..6f2824a0fb 100644
--- a/ld/ChangeLog
+++ b/ld/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2002-07-31  H.J. Lu <hjl@gnu.org>
+
+	* configure.tgt (powerpc*-*-linux*): Enable elf64ppc for
+	--enable-64-bit-bfd.
+
 2002-07-31  H.J. Lu <hjl@gnu.org>
 
 	* configure.tgt: Enable x86-64 emulation for Linux/i386 if
diff --git a/ld/configure.tgt b/ld/configure.tgt
index 88e7eb1b3f..1c1bd84280 100644
--- a/ld/configure.tgt
+++ b/ld/configure.tgt
@@ -457,7 +457,11 @@ powerpc*-*-linux*)
 		tdir_elf32ppcsim=$tdir_elf32ppc ;;
 	*)	targ_emul=elf32ppclinux
 		targ_extra_emuls="elf32ppc elf32ppcsim"
-		targ_extra_libpath=elf32ppc ;;
+		targ_extra_libpath=elf32ppc
+		if test "${want64}" = "true"; then
+		  targ_extra_emuls="$targ_extra_emuls elf64ppc"
+		fi
+		;;
 	esac ;;
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