diff --git a/target-ppc/helper.h b/target-ppc/helper.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..60addabeb7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/target-ppc/helper.h
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#ifndef DEF_HELPER
+#define DEF_HELPER(ret, name, params) ret name params;
+#endif
+
diff --git a/target-ppc/translate.c b/target-ppc/translate.c
index a7064f3032..bde538a35f 100644
--- a/target-ppc/translate.c
+++ b/target-ppc/translate.c
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 #include "cpu.h"
 #include "exec-all.h"
 #include "disas.h"
+#include "helper.h"
 #include "tcg-op.h"
 #include "qemu-common.h"
 
@@ -65,6 +66,12 @@ void ppc_translate_init(void)
     cpu_T[1] = tcg_global_reg_new(TCG_TYPE_TL, TCG_AREG2, "T1");
     cpu_T[2] = tcg_global_reg_new(TCG_TYPE_TL, TCG_AREG3, "T2");
 #endif
+
+    /* register helpers */
+#undef DEF_HELPER
+#define DEF_HELPER(ret, name, params) tcg_register_helper(name, #name);
+#include "helper.h"
+
     done_init = 1;
 }