diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/lib/target-supports.exp b/gcc/testsuite/lib/target-supports.exp
index 570d5d3de00c..52d3d036d3c5 100644
--- a/gcc/testsuite/lib/target-supports.exp
+++ b/gcc/testsuite/lib/target-supports.exp
@@ -5887,6 +5887,21 @@ proc check_effective_target_powerpc_hard_double { } {
     }
 }
 
+# Return 1 if this is a PowerPC target with hardware floating point sqrt.
+
+proc check_effective_target_powerpc_sqrt { } {
+    # We need to be PowerPC, and we need to have hardware fp enabled.
+    if {![check_effective_target_powerpc_fprs]} {
+      return 0;
+    }
+
+    return [check_no_compiler_messages powerpc_sqrt object {
+	#ifndef _ARCH_PPCSQ
+	#error _ARCH_PPCSQ is not defined
+	#endif
+    } {}]
+}
+
 # Return 1 if this is a PowerPC target supporting -maltivec.
 
 proc check_effective_target_powerpc_altivec_ok { } {
@@ -7581,7 +7596,7 @@ proc check_effective_target_vect_call_copysignf { } {
 proc check_effective_target_sqrt_insn { } {
     return [check_cached_effective_target sqrt_insn {
       expr { [istarget i?86-*-*] || [istarget x86_64-*-*]
-	     || [istarget powerpc*-*-*]
+	     || [check_effective_target_powerpc_sqrt]
 	     || [istarget aarch64*-*-*]
 	     || ([istarget arm*-*-*] && [check_effective_target_arm_vfp_ok])
 	     || ([istarget s390*-*-*]