diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index c547453d5f..65ad056169 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -136,6 +136,8 @@ tarbin:
 	( cd / ; tar zcvf ~/qemu-$(VERSION)-i386.tar.gz \
 	$(bindir)/qemu \
 	$(bindir)/qemu-system-ppc \
+	$(bindir)/qemu-system-ppc64 \
+	$(bindir)/qemu-system-ppcemb \
 	$(bindir)/qemu-system-sparc \
 	$(bindir)/qemu-system-x86_64 \
 	$(bindir)/qemu-system-mips \
@@ -148,6 +150,7 @@ tarbin:
         $(bindir)/qemu-armeb \
         $(bindir)/qemu-sparc \
         $(bindir)/qemu-ppc \
+        $(bindir)/qemu-ppc64 \
         $(bindir)/qemu-mips \
         $(bindir)/qemu-mipsel \
         $(bindir)/qemu-alpha \
diff --git a/Makefile.target b/Makefile.target
index 45a8ab4d25..7c9590fe01 100644
--- a/Makefile.target
+++ b/Makefile.target
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ endif
 ifeq ($(TARGET_ARCH), ppc64)
 TARGET_BASE_ARCH:=ppc
 endif
+ifeq ($(TARGET_ARCH), ppcemb)
+TARGET_BASE_ARCH:=ppc
+endif
 ifeq ($(TARGET_ARCH), sparc64)
 TARGET_BASE_ARCH:=sparc
 endif
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index adfc268e4c..e8c8257f6a 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -469,7 +469,7 @@ fi
 if test -z "$target_list" ; then
 # these targets are portable
     if [ "$softmmu" = "yes" ] ; then
-        target_list="i386-softmmu ppc-softmmu sparc-softmmu x86_64-softmmu mips-softmmu mipsel-softmmu mips64-softmmu mips64el-softmmu arm-softmmu ppc64-softmmu"
+        target_list="i386-softmmu ppc-softmmu sparc-softmmu x86_64-softmmu mips-softmmu mipsel-softmmu mips64-softmmu mips64el-softmmu arm-softmmu ppc64-softmmu ppcemb-softmmu "
     fi
 # the following are Linux specific
     if [ "$linux_user" = "yes" ] ; then
@@ -868,6 +868,7 @@ target_bigendian="no"
 [ "$target_cpu" = "sparc64" ] && target_bigendian=yes
 [ "$target_cpu" = "ppc" ] && target_bigendian=yes
 [ "$target_cpu" = "ppc64" ] && target_bigendian=yes
+[ "$target_cpu" = "ppcemb" ] && target_bigendian=yes
 [ "$target_cpu" = "mips" ] && target_bigendian=yes
 [ "$target_cpu" = "mips64" ] && target_bigendian=yes
 [ "$target_cpu" = "sh4eb" ] && target_bigendian=yes
@@ -958,6 +959,11 @@ elif test "$target_cpu" = "ppc64" ; then
   echo "#define TARGET_ARCH \"ppc64\"" >> $config_h
   echo "#define TARGET_PPC 1" >> $config_h
   echo "#define TARGET_PPC64 1" >> $config_h
+elif test "$target_cpu" = "ppcemb" ; then
+  echo "TARGET_ARCH=ppcemb" >> $config_mak
+  echo "#define TARGET_ARCH \"ppcemb\"" >> $config_h
+  echo "#define TARGET_PPC 1" >> $config_h
+  echo "#define TARGET_PPCEMB 1" >> $config_h
 elif test "$target_cpu" = "x86_64" ; then
   echo "TARGET_ARCH=x86_64" >> $config_mak
   echo "#define TARGET_ARCH \"x86_64\"" >> $config_h