--- src/vendor/rustc-ap-rustc_target/spec/powerpc64_unknown_freebsd.rs.orig	
+++ src/vendor/rustc-ap-rustc_target/spec/powerpc64_unknown_freebsd.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+// Copyright 2018 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 spec::{LinkerFlavor, Target, TargetResult};
+
+pub fn target() -> TargetResult {
+    let mut base = super::freebsd_base::opts();
+    base.cpu = "ppc64".to_string();
+    base.pre_link_args.get_mut(&LinkerFlavor::Gcc).unwrap().push("-m64".to_string());
+    base.max_atomic_width = Some(64);
+
+    Ok(Target {
+        llvm_target: "powerpc64-unknown-freebsd".to_string(),
+        target_endian: "big".to_string(),
+        target_pointer_width: "64".to_string(),
+        target_c_int_width: "32".to_string(),
+        data_layout: "E-m:e-i64:64-n32:64".to_string(),
+        arch: "powerpc64".to_string(),
+        target_os: "freebsd".to_string(),
+        target_env: String::new(),
+        target_vendor: "unknown".to_string(),
+        linker_flavor: LinkerFlavor::Gcc,
+        options: base,
+    })
+}
--- src/librustc_target/spec/powerpc64_unknown_freebsd.rs.orig
+++ src/librustc_target/spec/powerpc64_unknown_freebsd.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+// Copyright 2018 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 spec::{LinkerFlavor, Target, TargetResult};
+
+pub fn target() -> TargetResult {
+    let mut base = super::freebsd_base::opts();
+    base.cpu = "ppc64".to_string();
+    base.pre_link_args.get_mut(&LinkerFlavor::Gcc).unwrap().push("-m64".to_string());
+    base.max_atomic_width = Some(64);
+
+    Ok(Target {
+        llvm_target: "powerpc64-unknown-freebsd".to_string(),
+        target_endian: "big".to_string(),
+        target_pointer_width: "64".to_string(),
+        target_c_int_width: "32".to_string(),
+        data_layout: "E-m:e-i64:64-n32:64".to_string(),
+        arch: "powerpc64".to_string(),
+        target_os: "freebsd".to_string(),
+        target_env: String::new(),
+        target_vendor: "unknown".to_string(),
+        linker_flavor: LinkerFlavor::Gcc,
+        options: base,
+    })
+}
--- src/librustc_target/spec/mod.rs.orig
+++ src/librustc_target/spec/mod.rs	
@@ -332,6 +332,7 @@ supported_targets! {
 
     ("aarch64-unknown-freebsd", aarch64_unknown_freebsd),
     ("i686-unknown-freebsd", i686_unknown_freebsd),
+    ("powerpc64-unknown-freebsd", powerpc64_unknown_freebsd),
     ("x86_64-unknown-freebsd", x86_64_unknown_freebsd),
 
     ("i686-unknown-dragonfly", i686_unknown_dragonfly),
--- src/vendor/rustc-ap-rustc_target/spec/mod.rs.orig	
+++ src/vendor/rustc-ap-rustc_target/spec/mod.rs
@@ -331,6 +331,7 @@ supported_targets! {
 
     ("aarch64-unknown-freebsd", aarch64_unknown_freebsd),
     ("i686-unknown-freebsd", i686_unknown_freebsd),
+    ("powerpc64-unknown-freebsd", powerpc64_unknown_freebsd),
     ("x86_64-unknown-freebsd", x86_64_unknown_freebsd),
 
     ("i686-unknown-dragonfly", i686_unknown_dragonfly),
--- src/liblibc/src/unix/bsd/freebsdlike/freebsd/mod.rs.orig
+++ src/liblibc/src/unix/bsd/freebsdlike/freebsd/mod.rs
@@ -1034,6 +1034,9 @@ cfg_if! {
     } else if #[cfg(target_arch = "aarch64")] {
         mod aarch64;
         pub use self::aarch64::*;
+    } else if #[cfg(target_arch = "powerpc64")] {
+        mod powerpc64;
+        pub use self::powerpc64::*;
     } else {
         // Unknown target_arch
     }
--- src/vendor/libc/src/unix/bsd/freebsdlike/freebsd/mod.rs.orig
+++ src/vendor/libc/src/unix/bsd/freebsdlike/freebsd/mod.rs
@@ -1034,6 +1034,9 @@ cfg_if! {
     } else if #[cfg(target_arch = "aarch64")] {
         mod aarch64;
         pub use self::aarch64::*;
+    } else if #[cfg(target_arch = "powerpc64")] {
+     mod powerpc64;
+     pub use self::powerpc64::*;
     } else {
         // Unknown target_arch
     }
--- src/liblibc/src/unix/bsd/freebsdlike/freebsd/powerpc64.rs.orig
+++ src/liblibc/src/unix/bsd/freebsdlike/freebsd/powerpc64.rs	
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+pub type c_char = i8;
+pub type c_long = i64;
+pub type c_ulong = u64;
+pub type time_t = i64;
+pub type suseconds_t = i64;
+
+s! {
+    pub struct stat {
+        pub st_dev: ::dev_t,
+        pub st_ino: ::ino_t,
+        pub st_mode: ::mode_t,
+        pub st_nlink: ::nlink_t,
+        pub st_uid: ::uid_t,
+        pub st_gid: ::gid_t,
+        pub st_rdev: ::dev_t,
+        pub st_atime: ::time_t,
+        pub st_atime_nsec: ::c_long,
+        pub st_mtime: ::time_t,
+        pub st_mtime_nsec: ::c_long,
+        pub st_ctime: ::time_t,
+        pub st_ctime_nsec: ::c_long,
+        pub st_size: ::off_t,
+        pub st_blocks: ::blkcnt_t,
+        pub st_blksize: ::blksize_t,
+        pub st_flags: ::fflags_t,
+        pub st_gen: ::uint32_t,
+        pub st_lspare: ::int32_t,
+        pub st_birthtime: ::time_t,
+        pub st_birthtime_nsec: ::c_long,
+    }
+}
--- src/vendor/libc/src/unix/bsd/freebsdlike/freebsd/powerpc64.rs.orig
+++ src/vendor/libc/src/unix/bsd/freebsdlike/freebsd/powerpc64.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+pub type c_char = i8;
+pub type c_long = i64;
+pub type c_ulong = u64;
+pub type time_t = i64;
+pub type suseconds_t = i64;
+
+s! {
+    pub struct stat {
+        pub st_dev: ::dev_t,
+        pub st_ino: ::ino_t,
+        pub st_mode: ::mode_t,
+        pub st_nlink: ::nlink_t,
+        pub st_uid: ::uid_t,
+        pub st_gid: ::gid_t,
+        pub st_rdev: ::dev_t,
+        pub st_atime: ::time_t,
+        pub st_atime_nsec: ::c_long,
+        pub st_mtime: ::time_t,
+        pub st_mtime_nsec: ::c_long,
+        pub st_ctime: ::time_t,
+        pub st_ctime_nsec: ::c_long,
+        pub st_size: ::off_t,
+        pub st_blocks: ::blkcnt_t,
+        pub st_blksize: ::blksize_t,
+        pub st_flags: ::fflags_t,
+        pub st_gen: ::uint32_t,
+        pub st_lspare: ::int32_t,
+        pub st_birthtime: ::time_t,
+        pub st_birthtime_nsec: ::c_long,
+    }
+}
--- src/librustc_llvm/build.rs.orig
+++ src/librustc_llvm/build.rs
@@ -266,7 +266,12 @@ fn main() {
         } else if cxxflags.contains("stdlib=libc++") {
             println!("cargo:rustc-link-lib=c++");
         } else {
-            println!("cargo:rustc-link-lib={}", stdcppname);
+            if target.contains("powerpc64-unknown-freebsd") {
+                println!("cargo:rustc-link-search=native=/usr/local/lib/gcc6");
+                println!("cargo:rustc-link-lib=static=stdc++");
+            } else {
+                println!("cargo:rustc-link-lib={}", stdcppname);
+            }
         }
     }
 
--- src/bootstrap/bootstrap.py.orig	
+++ src/bootstrap/bootstrap.py	
@@ -240,6 +240,10 @@ def default_build_triple():
         err = "unknown OS type: {}".format(ostype)
         sys.exit(err)
 
+    if cputype == 'powerpc' and ostype == 'unknown-freebsd':
+        cputype = subprocess.check_output(
+              ['uname', '-p']).strip().decode(default_encoding)
+
     cputype_mapper = {
         'BePC': 'i686',
         'aarch64': 'aarch64',