diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog b/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog
index 33eed4c9f4..3418f76263 100644
--- a/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2010-11-24  Edjunior Machado  <emachado@br.ibm.com>
+
+	* gdb.asm/asm-source.exp: Add new target "powerpc64"; expect leading `.'
+	on ppc64's symbols; "finish" and "return" commands must accept to
+	show the caller line again as well as the line after.
+	* gdb.asm/powerpc64.inc: New file.
+
 2010-11-23  Doug Evans  <dje@google.com>
 
 	* lib/gdb.exp (gdb_test_sequence): New function.
@@ -8,7 +15,7 @@
 
 2010-11-23  Phil Muldoon  <pmuldoon@redhat.com>
 
-        PR python/12212
+	PR python/12212
 
 	* gdb.python/python.exp: Check that selected_thread raises an
 	error when no inferior is loaded.
diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.asm/asm-source.exp b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.asm/asm-source.exp
index ca342bd31d..9053711a36 100644
--- a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.asm/asm-source.exp
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.asm/asm-source.exp
@@ -101,7 +101,15 @@ switch -glob -- [istarget] {
         set asm-arch mips
     }
     "powerpc*-*" {
-        set asm-arch powerpc
+        if { [is_lp64_target] } {
+            set asm-arch powerpc64
+            set asm-flags "-a64 -I${srcdir}/${subdir} -I${objdir}/${subdir}"
+            append link-flags " -m elf64ppc"
+        } else {
+            set asm-arch powerpc
+            set asm-flags "-a32 -I${srcdir}/${subdir} -I${objdir}/${subdir}"
+            append link-flags " -m elf32ppc"
+        }
     }
     "sh*-*-*" {
         set asm-arch sh
@@ -362,8 +370,19 @@ gdb_test "info source" \
 	"info source asmsrc1.s"
 
 # Try 'finishing' from foo3
-gdb_test "finish" "Run till exit from.*\[\r\n\]$line_call_foo3_again\[ \t\]+gdbasm_call foo3" \
-	"finish from foo3"
+# Some architectures will have one or more instructions after the
+# call instruction which still is part of the call sequence, so we
+# must be prepared for a "finish" to show us the caller line
+# again as well as the statement after.
+gdb_test_multiple "finish" "finish from foo3" {
+    -re "Run till exit from.*\[\r\n\]$line_call_foo3\[ \t\]+gdbasm_call foo3.*$gdb_prompt $" {
+        pass "finish from foo3"
+        gdb_test "s" ".*" "s after finish"
+    }
+    -re "Run till exit from.*\[\r\n\]$line_call_foo3_again\[ \t\]+gdbasm_call foo3.*$gdb_prompt $" {
+        pass "finish from foo3"
+    }
+}
 
 # Try 'info source' from asmsrc2.s
 gdb_test "info source" \
@@ -400,15 +419,28 @@ gdb_test_multiple "info sources" "info sources" {
 
 # Try 'info line'
 gdb_test "info line" \
-	"Line $line_call_foo3_again of.*asmsrc2.s.*starts at.*<foo2+.*> and ends at.*<foo2+.*>." \
+	"Line $line_call_foo3_again of.*asmsrc2.s.*starts at.*<\\.?foo2+.*> and ends at.*<\\.?foo2+.*>." \
 	"info line"
 
 # Try 'nexting' over next call to foo3
 gdb_test "next" "$line_foo2_leave\[ \t\]+gdbasm_leave" "next over foo3"
 
 # Try 'return' from foo2
-gdb_test "return" "\#0  main .*$line_main_exit\[ \t\]+gdbasm_exit0" "return from foo2" \
-	"Make (foo2|selected stack frame) return now\?.*" "y"
+# Like "finish", "return" command also can return to the caller
+# line again or the statement after, depending on the architecture.
+gdb_test_multiple "return" "return from foo2" {
+    -re "Make (foo2|selected stack frame) return now\?.*" {
+        send_gdb "y\n"
+        exp_continue
+    }
+    -re "\#0.*main .*$line_call_foo2\[ \t\]+gdbasm_call foo2.*$gdb_prompt $" {
+        pass "return from foo2"
+        gdb_test "s" ".*" "s after return"
+    }
+    -re "\#0.*main .*$line_main_exit\[ \t\]+gdbasm_exit0.*$gdb_prompt $" {
+        pass "return from foo2"
+    }
+}
 
 # Disassemble something, check the output
 proc test_dis { command var } {
diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.asm/powerpc64.inc b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.asm/powerpc64.inc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7265c077b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.asm/powerpc64.inc
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+        comment "subroutine declare"
+        .purgem gdbasm_declare
+        .macro gdbasm_declare name
+	.section	".opd","aw"
+\name:
+	.quad .\name, .TOC.@tocbase, 0
+	.section	".text"
+	.type	\name, @function
+.\name:
+        .endm
+
+	comment "subroutine prologue"
+	.macro gdbasm_enter
+	stdu 1, -112(1)
+	mflr 0
+	std 0, 128(1)
+	.endm
+
+	comment "subroutine epilogue"
+	.macro gdbasm_leave
+	ld 0, 128(1)
+	mtlr 0
+	ld 1, 0(1)
+	blr
+	.endm
+
+	.macro gdbasm_call subr
+	bl \subr
+	nop
+	.endm
+
+	.macro gdbasm_several_nops
+	nop
+	nop
+	nop
+	nop
+	.endm
+
+	comment "exit (0)"
+	.macro gdbasm_exit0
+	comment "sys_exit"
+	li	0, 1
+	sc
+	.endm
+
+	comment "crt0 startup"
+	.macro gdbasm_startup
+	.p2align 2
+	.endm
+
+	comment "Declare a data variable"
+	.purgem gdbasm_datavar
+	.macro gdbasm_datavar name value
+	.section	".data"
+\name:
+	.long \value
+	.endm