diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 8279479bbf..74e7d41b38 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 2008-07-25  Ulrich Drepper  <drepper@redhat.com>
 
+	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/kernel-features.h: PPC has the new
+	syscalls, too.
+
 	* nscd/connections.c (nscd_init): Clean up fcntl call.
 
 	* nscd/nscd_helper.c (open_socket): Use SOCK_CLOEXEC and
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/kernel-features.h b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/kernel-features.h
index d5951317e4..882fa04637 100644
--- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/kernel-features.h
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/kernel-features.h
@@ -501,7 +501,7 @@
 /* Support for various CLOEXEC and NONBLOCK flags was added for x86 and
    x86-64 in 2.6.27.  */
 #if __LINUX_KERNEL_VERSION >= 0x02061b \
-    && (defined __i386__ || defined __x86_64__)
+    && (defined __i386__ || defined __x86_64__ || defined __powerpc__)
 # define __ASSUME_SOCK_CLOEXEC	1
 # define __ASSUME_IN_NONBLOCK	1
 # define __ASSUME_PACCEPT	1