diff --git a/srcpkgs/cross-powerpc64-linux-musl/template b/srcpkgs/cross-powerpc64-linux-musl/template
index fde7076d3b6..80d6ef34645 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/cross-powerpc64-linux-musl/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/cross-powerpc64-linux-musl/template
@@ -99,6 +99,8 @@ _gcc_bootstrap() {
 	_args="--prefix=/usr"
 	_args+=" --target=${_triplet}"
 	_args+=" --with-sysroot=${_sysroot}"
+	_args+=" --with-cpu=${_cpu}"
+	_args+=" --with-abi=elfv2"
 	_args+=" --enable-languages=c"
 	_args+=" --enable-decimal-float=no"
 	_args+=" --enable-secureplt"