diff --git a/srcpkgs/cross-powerpc64le-linux-gnu/template b/srcpkgs/cross-powerpc64le-linux-gnu/template
index 7e6c34047bb..3cf2c6fddaa 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/cross-powerpc64le-linux-gnu/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/cross-powerpc64le-linux-gnu/template
@@ -95,6 +95,8 @@ _gcc_bootstrap() {
 
 	_args="--prefix=/usr"
 	_args+=" --target=${_triplet}"
+	_args+=" --with-cpu=${_cpu}"
+	_args+=" --with-abi=elfv2"
 	_args+=" --enable-languages=c"
 	_args+=" --disable-libssp"
 	_args+=" --disable-libitm"