diff --git a/src/bootstrap/native.rs b/src/bootstrap/native.rs
index 7836ad214ed..a3355b3fce4 100644
--- a/src/bootstrap/native.rs
+++ b/src/bootstrap/native.rs
@@ -480,6 +480,7 @@ impl Step for Openssl {
             "mips64el-unknown-linux-gnuabi64" => "linux64-mips64",
             "mipsel-unknown-linux-gnu" => "linux-mips32",
             "powerpc-unknown-linux-gnu" => "linux-ppc",
+            "powerpc-unknown-netbsd" => "BSD-generic32",
             "powerpc64-unknown-linux-gnu" => "linux-ppc64",
             "powerpc64le-unknown-linux-gnu" => "linux-ppc64le",
             "s390x-unknown-linux-gnu" => "linux64-s390x",
diff --git a/src/librustc_back/target/mod.rs b/src/librustc_back/target/mod.rs
index 2872c59157d..42ae2fc13ae 100644
--- a/src/librustc_back/target/mod.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_back/target/mod.rs
@@ -186,6 +186,7 @@ supported_targets! {
     ("x86_64-unknown-openbsd", x86_64_unknown_openbsd),
 
     ("i686-unknown-netbsd", i686_unknown_netbsd),
+    ("powerpc-unknown-netbsd", powerpc_unknown_netbsd),
     ("sparc64-unknown-netbsd", sparc64_unknown_netbsd),
     ("x86_64-unknown-netbsd", x86_64_unknown_netbsd),
     ("x86_64-rumprun-netbsd", x86_64_rumprun_netbsd),
diff --git a/src/librustc_back/target/powerpc_unknown_netbsd.rs b/src/librustc_back/target/powerpc_unknown_netbsd.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2c78dbd2061
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/librustc_back/target/powerpc_unknown_netbsd.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+// Copyright 2012 The Rust Project Developers. See the COPYRIGHT
+// file at the top-level directory of this distribution and at
+// http://rust-lang.org/COPYRIGHT.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 <LICENSE-APACHE or
+// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0> or the MIT license
+// <LICENSE-MIT or http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT>, at your
+// option. This file may not be copied, modified, or distributed
+// except according to those terms.
+
+use LinkerFlavor;
+use target::{Target, TargetResult};
+
+pub fn target() -> TargetResult {
+    let mut base = super::netbsd_base::opts();
+    base.pre_link_args.get_mut(&LinkerFlavor::Gcc).unwrap().push("-m32".to_string());
+    base.max_atomic_width = Some(32);
+
+    // see #36994
+    base.exe_allocation_crate = None;
+
+    Ok(Target {
+        llvm_target: "powerpc-unknown-netbsd".to_string(),
+        target_endian: "big".to_string(),
+        target_pointer_width: "32".to_string(),
+        target_c_int_width: "32".to_string(),
+        data_layout: "E-m:e-p:32:32-i64:64-n32".to_string(),
+        arch: "powerpc".to_string(),
+        target_os: "netbsd".to_string(),
+        target_env: "".to_string(),
+        target_vendor: "unknown".to_string(),
+        linker_flavor: LinkerFlavor::Gcc,
+        options: base,
+    })
+}